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Single protein imaging with holography

A non-common-path interferometric scheme enables holographic detection of single proteins of mass 90 kDa and estimation of single-protein polarizability.

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Fig. 1: An example of amplitude and phase images of a single protein oligomer.

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Hsieh, CL. Single protein imaging with holography. Nat. Photon. 18, 303–304 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-024-01407-0

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