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SUBMITTER: Yashunsky V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3485211 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yashunsky Victor V Marciano Tal T Lirtsman Vladislav V Golosovsky Michael M Davidov Dan D Aroeti Benjamin B
PloS one 20121031 10
We demonstrate that a live epithelial cell monolayer can act as a planar waveguide. Our infrared reflectivity measurements show that highly differentiated simple epithelial cells, which maintain tight intercellular connectivity, support efficient waveguiding of the infrared light in the spectral region of 1.4-2.5 µm and 3.5-4 µm. The wavelength and the magnitude of the waveguide mode resonances disclose quantitative dynamic information on cell height and cell-cell connectivity. To demonstrate th ...[more]