title: Biosensors and molecular imaging.
abstract: The increase in the understanding of the physical and functional properties of the biological material, from the cellular level down to single molecules, owes its success to the development of suitable high-sensitivity platforms to image the biomaterial and analyze its response to specific stimuli. Imaging has indeed reached molecular capabilities, thanks to optical or magnetic markers [1], to the atomic force microscopy (AFM) in surface reconstruction [2], and is nearing success in three-dimensional (3-D) reconstruction thanks to X-ray holography [3].
authors.affiliation: Dipartimentodi Elettronica e Informazione, Politecnico di Milano, Italy. marco.sampietro@polimi.it
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sampietro
authors.forename: Carlo Enrico
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Bottani
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carminati
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Casari
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Castoldi
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ferrari
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fusi
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guazzoni
authors.forename: Angelo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rottigni
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vergani
mesh_terms: D015374:Biosensing Techniques; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D046208:Microchip Analytical Procedures; D057054:Molecular Imaging; D049329:Nanostructures; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction