Hyperspectral microscopic characterization of materials and photonic devices
Development of point scanning type (spatial scan) and full-field scanning type (spectral scan) hyperspectral systems combined with imaging microscopes.
Study of microscopic characteristics of nanostructured materials and photonic devices using hyperspectral imaging microscopes. Recently, our study for the green-gap problem of LED materials has been published (right image).
Ultrasensitive hyperspectral biosensing platforms
Dark-field spectral imaging microscope for LSPR biosensing technique enables us to monitor the scattering spectra of individual Au nanorods, and to detect ~pM OTA, a mycotoxin related to carcinogenic illness (left upper image).
SERS substrates of Ag nanoparticles (NPs) covered with graphene and hexagonal boron nitride remain stable over 80 days, and sandwich structures of Au NPs/2D layer/Ag NPs show detection limit as low as ~pM for R6G molecules (enhancement factor ~108, left lower image).
Point-of-care testing (POCT) diagnostic instruments for foods and agriculture