Emerging nanoscopy for single entity characterisation

用于单一实体表征的新兴纳米技术

• 批准号: EP/X038211/1
• 负责人: Dayou Li
• 金额: $ 18.69万
• 依托单位: University of Bedfordshire
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FX038211%2F1
• 关键词: Emerging; nanoscopy; single; entity; characterisation

The capability of interpreting phenomena at the nanoscale level has led to an unprecedented and refined understanding of structures and mechanisms of single entities. This has brought a new era across the fields of biomedicine, biophysics and biomaterial nanoscience, and thus revise our previous concepts on cellular structures and nanoscale electronics. These technologies bear an enormous potential to transform not only the advancement of our knowledge, but also the development of diagnostic/prognostic approaches. However, we currently lack the ability to conduct correlative imaging at this challenging dimension while directly linking the nanoscale mechanical, physical and electrical parameters with macroscopic phenomena. Therefore, it is timely and important to explore innovative measurement and imaging methods, which could overcome the limitations of conventional routes and become enabling technologies for the second correlative nanoscopy revolution. The proposed 'Emerging nanoscopy for single entity characterisation (ENSIGN)' project is such a novel approach, which seeks to develop a transformational, integrated approach for single entity imaging and characterisation. ENSIGN will develop and combine high speed force, electrical, and microwave nanoscopy with optical and electron nanoscopy, to provide a quantitative, simultaneous multiparameter measurement, high speed and cost-effective beyond state-of-the-art capabilities for next generation single entity imaging, electrochemistry, mechanobiology and biomechanics. The developed nanoscopy will have unprecedented high resolution, multi-modal and multi-dimensional simultaneous imaging capabilities and be quantitative, fast and non-invasive. The obtained advanced technique will form a cornerstone for the advancement of cell biology, nanomaterials, and next generation battery, and thus keep Europe's leading position in the world for potential major scientific and technological breakthroughs in these research areas.

在纳米水平上解释现象的能力导致了对单个实体的结构和机制的前所未有的和精细的理解。这为生物医学、生物物理学和生物材料纳米科学领域带来了一个新时代，从而改变了我们以前关于细胞结构和纳米电子学的概念。这些技术具有巨大的潜力，不仅可以改变我们知识的进步，还可以改变诊断/预后方法的发展。然而，我们目前缺乏在这个具有挑战性的维度上进行相关成像的能力，同时将纳米级的机械、物理和电气参数与宏观现象直接联系起来。因此，探索创新的测量和成像方法是及时和重要的，这些方法可以克服传统途径的局限性，成为第二次相关纳米显微镜革命的使能技术。提出的“新兴单实体表征纳米显微镜（ENSIGN）”项目就是这样一种新颖的方法，它旨在开发一种用于单实体成像和表征的转型综合方法。ENSIGN将开发并结合高速力、电、微波纳米显微镜与光学和电子纳米显微镜，为下一代单一实体成像、电化学、机械生物学和生物力学提供定量、同时多参数测量、高速和经济高效的新技术。所开发的纳米显微镜将具有前所未有的高分辨率、多模态和多维度同时成像能力，并且具有定量、快速和无创的特点。获得的先进技术将为细胞生物学、纳米材料和下一代电池的发展奠定基础，从而使欧洲在这些研究领域的潜在重大科技突破方面保持世界领先地位。