Sentences with phrase «few microscopic techniques»

A few microscopic techniques can focus light deep into the intact brains of dead animals to study its structure without damaging the axons, but much of this light is scattered away by the fatty lipid membranes that surround individual cells, making the technique less than perfect.

Not exact matches

To use this motion - sensing technique in a practical device, Aksyuk and Roxworthy embedded the gold nanoparticle in a microscopic - scale mechanical structure — a vibrating cantilever, sort of a miniature diving board — that was a few micrometers long, made of silicon nitride.

Why It Matters: To detect only a few molecules, researchers using ultrasensitive spectroscopic and microscopic techniques rely on localized surface plasmons.