Label-free fiber nanograting sensor for real-time in situ early monitoring of cellular apoptosis

Danran Li; Nina Wang; Tianyang Zhang; Guangxing Wu; Yifeng Xiong; Qianqian Du; Yunfei Tian; Weiwei Zhao; Jiandong Ye; Shulin Gu; Yanqing Lu; Dechen Jiang; Fei Xu

doi:10.1117/1.AP.4.1.016001

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