Quantum imaging reveals biomolecules
2020
Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Optik und Feinmechanik IOF, Jena, Germany(1)
Fraunhofer-Institut für Physikalische Messtechnik IPM, Freiburg, Germany(2)
Fraunhofer-Institut für Physikalische Messtechnik IPM, Freiburg, Germany(2)
Biosubstances such as proteins, lipids or other chemical elements can be distinguished by their characteristic molecular oscillations. The system uses the quantum mechanical effect of the photon entanglement, which can then be detected and assembled into an image.
In this way, it is possible to determine how certain proteins, lipids or other substances are distributed on a cellular level. For example, some types of cancer have a characteristic accumulation or expression of certain proteins. This would make it possible to detect and combat the disease more efficiently. A more precise knowledge of the distribution of biosubstances could also lead to great progress in drug research.
Andreas Tünnermann(1), Karsten Buse(2)
Added on: 05-26-2020
[1] https://www.fraunhofer.de/de/presse/presseinformationen/2020/april/unsichtbares-sichtbar-machen.html
