The brightest stars - a tribute to Moritz Kircher

[摘要] Whenever I think of Moritz Kircher, the shape ofthe star forms in my mind. Most of the work we didtogether focused on gold nanostars applied to theimaging and detection of cancer via the effect we callsurface enhanced resonance Raman scattering. Yousee, because of their shape, with the many sharp rays,gold nanostars focus laser light and re-emit it as abright and distinct signal which can be used to revealeven microscopic tumors. He was so proud of thenanostars his lab produced—among the brightestoptical contrast agents used in preclinical imaging.

[学科分类] 大气科学