Polarisation microscopy allows to retrieve at microscopic resolution the nanoscale structural information of the ultrastructure in a non-destructive manner using low cost and experimentally "simple" optical setup.
Many biological samples, such as bones, muscles, and neurons, exhibit well-defined organized hierarchical structures ranging from nano, to micro and macro scale. Investigating these structures over the full range of length scales is key to understanding their remarkable properties. Structure below the “resolution” are called ultrastructure.
© Paul Scherrer Institute / Arthur Baroni
© Paul Scherrer Institute / Arthur Baroni