Call for Papers
Special Issue on Biomedical Applications of Bio-microlenses
Bio-microlenses are rapidly becoming an emerging tool in biomedical arenas. Suggestive advancements in the study of bio-microlenses have been witnessed in recent years. Natural cells or organelles can behave as bio-microlenses and their optical behavior is exploitable for medical imaging and diagnostics purposes. In addition, the bio-microlenses are capable of operating as optical tweezers and thus manipulating the matter at nanoscale. It has also been demonstrated that bio-microlenses can produce phonics jets or act as photonic microresonators for lasing or even lithography purposes. Liquid medium with bio-microlenses can also sustain optical propagation and nonlinear effects. Therefore, the use of natural bio-microlenses is an appealing opportunity for exploring a completely new field that is crossed by biology and photonics and that for sure will open new ideas and concepts in which a biological element can be functionalized for operating as optics/photonics components.
The special issue will give the opportunity to create a collection of papers dealing with this fascinating interdisciplinary field that will open new scenarios for biomedical applications. Original research papers and review articles are both welcome. Manuscripts will be internationally peer-reviewed. Topics we specifically seek to cover include but are not limited to the following:
- Biomedical imaging and sensing by bio-microlenses
- Optical trapping and manipulation of bio-microlenses
- Super-resolution imaging
- Optical tweezers in biotechnology
- Photonics nanojets from bio-microlenses
- Optical assembling and patterning of cells
- Single-cell bio-lasers and their biomedical applications
- Collective effect of bio-microlenses in optics and photonics
- Birefringence and imaging of polarization properties
- Holographic optical tweezing of bio-microlenses
- Imaging with structured light by bio-microlens arrays
- Biomedical diagnosis through optical features of bio-microlenses
- Functionalization of bio-microlenses for changing their optical properties
Planned publication date: May 2025
Submission format Authors should use the Latex or MS-Word style files. For more details, please visit https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscinet/jiohs
JIOHS is indexed by SCIE (IF 2.396, JCR 2021). JIOHS has been a fully open-access journal since 2013.
Feature Editors:
Yao Zhang, Professor
Institute of Nanophotonics
Jinan University, China
Yuchao Li, Professor
Institute of Nanophotonics
Jinan University, China
Hongxiang Lei, Professor
School of Materials Science and Engineering
Sun Yat-sen University, China