Pub Date : 2024-02-06DOI: 10.3389/fphot.2024.1323539
Jacob R. Bumgarner, Rhett C. White, Jordan A. Brown, Randy J. Nelson
Artificial light at night (ALAN) is a pervasive circadian rhythm disruptor. Exposure to ALAN is associated with detrimental effects on physiology and behavior, including disrupted metabolism, immune function, endocrine function, and pain behavior. Given the detrimental effects of ALAN and other circadian rhythm disruptors on pain, we sought to understand how ALAN may alter the progression and severity of diabetic neuropathy. To do this, we used a previously reported high-fat diet and streptozotocin injection protocol to induce a type II diabetic phenotype in ∼8 week old female and male mice and then exposed the mice to either control or ALAN lighting conditions in 14:10 h light-dark cycles for 4 weeks. Male mice housed in control conditions exhibited reduced responsiveness to cold pain; in contrast, ALAN blunted this effect in male mice. ALAN exposure also elevated blood glucose and altered body mass loss in male mice. These effects were not present in female mice. The results of this study highlight the need to consider and study ALAN exposure and sex as a biological variable as risk factors in the treatment and mitigation of pain.
夜间人造光（ALAN）是一种普遍存在的昼夜节律干扰源。暴露于 ALAN 会对生理和行为产生有害影响，包括破坏新陈代谢、免疫功能、内分泌功能和疼痛行为。鉴于 ALAN 和其他昼夜节律干扰物对疼痛的有害影响，我们试图了解 ALAN 可能如何改变糖尿病神经病变的进展和严重程度。为此，我们使用了之前报道过的高脂饮食和链脲佐菌素注射方案，诱导 8 周大的雌性和雄性小鼠形成 II 型糖尿病表型，然后将小鼠置于 14:10 h 光暗循环的对照组或 ALAN 光照条件下 4 周。在对照组条件下饲养的雄性小鼠对冷痛的反应性降低；相反，ALAN 则削弱了雄性小鼠对冷痛的反应性。接触 ALAN 还会升高雄性小鼠的血糖，并改变其体重减轻的情况。雌性小鼠则没有这些影响。这项研究的结果突出表明，在治疗和减轻疼痛的过程中，有必要考虑和研究作为生物变量的 ALAN 暴露和性别风险因素。
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Pub Date : 2024-02-02DOI: 10.3389/fphot.2024.1363223
Yi Zhang, Qingsong Mei, Zhen Zhang
Upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) have experienced significant advancements, finding applications in diverse fields over the past decade. The growing demand for UCNP-based nanoplatforms with multifunctionality to address complex scenarios has led to the emergence of the microemulsion confined self-assembly method, which allows for the integration of different UCNPs or UCNPs with additional functional materials within a single entity, resulting in a nanoplatform that possesses a wide range of properties suitable for specific applications. This comprehensive review aimed to summarize recent developments in the design of UCNP assemblies using the microemulsion confined self-assembly method, which focused on exploring their applications in critical areas such as color encoding, bioimaging, and programmable therapeutics. Furthermore, the review acknowledged the existing limitations associated with the microemulsion confined self-assembly method and provided an in-depth discussion of potential solutions to overcome these challenges, aiming to foster further progress and innovation in the design and application of UCNP assemblies.
{"title":"Advancements in microemulsion-based fabrication of upconversion-mediated multifunctional materials","authors":"Yi Zhang, Qingsong Mei, Zhen Zhang","doi":"10.3389/fphot.2024.1363223","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fphot.2024.1363223","url":null,"abstract":"Upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) have experienced significant advancements, finding applications in diverse fields over the past decade. The growing demand for UCNP-based nanoplatforms with multifunctionality to address complex scenarios has led to the emergence of the microemulsion confined self-assembly method, which allows for the integration of different UCNPs or UCNPs with additional functional materials within a single entity, resulting in a nanoplatform that possesses a wide range of properties suitable for specific applications. This comprehensive review aimed to summarize recent developments in the design of UCNP assemblies using the microemulsion confined self-assembly method, which focused on exploring their applications in critical areas such as color encoding, bioimaging, and programmable therapeutics. Furthermore, the review acknowledged the existing limitations associated with the microemulsion confined self-assembly method and provided an in-depth discussion of potential solutions to overcome these challenges, aiming to foster further progress and innovation in the design and application of UCNP assemblies.","PeriodicalId":73099,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in photonics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139811590","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-02-02DOI: 10.3389/fphot.2024.1363223
Yi Zhang, Qingsong Mei, Zhen Zhang
Upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) have experienced significant advancements, finding applications in diverse fields over the past decade. The growing demand for UCNP-based nanoplatforms with multifunctionality to address complex scenarios has led to the emergence of the microemulsion confined self-assembly method, which allows for the integration of different UCNPs or UCNPs with additional functional materials within a single entity, resulting in a nanoplatform that possesses a wide range of properties suitable for specific applications. This comprehensive review aimed to summarize recent developments in the design of UCNP assemblies using the microemulsion confined self-assembly method, which focused on exploring their applications in critical areas such as color encoding, bioimaging, and programmable therapeutics. Furthermore, the review acknowledged the existing limitations associated with the microemulsion confined self-assembly method and provided an in-depth discussion of potential solutions to overcome these challenges, aiming to foster further progress and innovation in the design and application of UCNP assemblies.
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Pub Date : 2024-01-29DOI: 10.3389/fphot.2023.1336510
Francesco Morichetti
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Pub Date : 2024-01-10DOI: 10.3389/fphot.2023.1331471
Rabin Basnet, Daniel Macdonald
This review focuses on the challenges and potential pathways for utilizing upgraded metallurgical-grade silicon (UMG-Si) in the silicon photovoltaic industry. UMG-Si is an attractive low-cost alternative silicon feedstock, but its bulk quality is compromised due to the presence of defects and impurities. The review begins by identifying and discussing the various defects and impurities commonly found in UMG-Si wafers, drawing insights from a literature survey. The detrimental effects of these defects on solar cell performance are highlighted. Next, the review provides a summary of defect mitigation strategies that have been employed to improve the bulk quality of UMG-Si wafers. These strategies include tabula rasa, impurity gettering, and defect/impurity passivation through hydrogenation. The effectiveness of these strategies is evaluated by considering carrier lifetimes and comparing them with those of conventional silicon wafers. The review then examines the reported open-circuit voltages and efficiencies of solar cells based on UMG-Si wafers. A comparison is made between the performance of UMG-Si solar cells and those fabricated on conventional silicon. The impact of defect mitigation strategies on the performance of UMG-Si solar cells is discussed, emphasizing the improvements achieved through these strategies.
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Pub Date : 2024-01-05DOI: 10.3389/fphot.2023.1301708
C. Yourassowsky, Renaud Theunissen, Jérôme Dohet-Eraly, Frank Dubois
Large amounts of lipids are stored inside lipid droplets by some microalgae. Since these lipids can be used to produce nutraceuticals and biodiesel in a sustainable way, research is developing on fast non-destructive methods to quantify and monitor the amount of lipids within microalgal cultures. In this paper, we have developed with digital holographic microscopy a fast quantitative method to assess the evolution of the lipid content inside the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum living cells. The method uses a specific processing of recorded hologram sequences based on the refocusing capability in digital holographic microscopy. In representative samples of the culture, inside living cells, each lipid droplet volume is evaluated. In those experiments, for each sample, more than one thousand lipid droplets are automatically analysed from a sequence of one hundred recorded holograms. We have validated the method thanks to correlative quantitative phase contrast–fluorescence imaging and extrapolated it to larger calibrated spherical refractive particles, to demonstrate the flexibility of the method.
{"title":"Lipid quantification in living microalgal cultures with digital holographic microscopy","authors":"C. Yourassowsky, Renaud Theunissen, Jérôme Dohet-Eraly, Frank Dubois","doi":"10.3389/fphot.2023.1301708","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fphot.2023.1301708","url":null,"abstract":"Large amounts of lipids are stored inside lipid droplets by some microalgae. Since these lipids can be used to produce nutraceuticals and biodiesel in a sustainable way, research is developing on fast non-destructive methods to quantify and monitor the amount of lipids within microalgal cultures. In this paper, we have developed with digital holographic microscopy a fast quantitative method to assess the evolution of the lipid content inside the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum living cells. The method uses a specific processing of recorded hologram sequences based on the refocusing capability in digital holographic microscopy. In representative samples of the culture, inside living cells, each lipid droplet volume is evaluated. In those experiments, for each sample, more than one thousand lipid droplets are automatically analysed from a sequence of one hundred recorded holograms. We have validated the method thanks to correlative quantitative phase contrast–fluorescence imaging and extrapolated it to larger calibrated spherical refractive particles, to demonstrate the flexibility of the method.","PeriodicalId":73099,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in photonics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139381048","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-01-03DOI: 10.3389/fphot.2023.1336541
Joshua M. Herzog, Volker Sick
Diagnostic technologies for the anterior segment of the eye, especially for hard-to-diagnose diseases such as microbial keratitis, are still lacking. Although in vivo confocal microscopy and optical coherence tomography are becoming more widely applicable to a variety of conditions, they are often prohibitively expensive, require specialized training and equipment, and are intrinsically insensitive to chemical changes. Here, ultraviolet-fluorescence imaging is proposed as a new technique to aid in investigation of the anterior segment. In this work, a novel two-color line-of-sight fluorescence imaging technique is described for imaging of the anterior segment. The technique is applied to seven ex vivo porcine eyes to illustrate the utility of the technique. The image data was used to estimate an effective fluorescence quantum yield of each eye at 370 nm. The eyes were then inoculated with bacteria to simulate microbial keratitis, a common sight-threatening infection, and the measurement was repeated. A simplified fluorescence-extinction model was developed to describe and analyze the relative intensities of the eye and biofilm fluorescence. Overall, the technique appears to have utility in clinical practice and with proper development may be suitable for detecting chemical changes in the eye, or the presence of foreign matter; however, further investigation is needed to develop the technique and analysis procedures into a quantitative diagnostic tool.
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Pub Date : 2023-11-24DOI: 10.3389/fphot.2023.1324648
M. T. Hansen, E. Ulsig, Fabien Labbe, Magnus L. Madsen, Yunhong Ding, Karsten Rottwitt, N. Volet
A double-ridge waveguide is designed for efficient and robust second-harmonic generation (SHG) using the thin-film lithium-niobate-on-insulator (LNOI) platform. Perfect phase matching (PhM) is achieved between the fundamental waveguide mode at 1,550 nm and a higher-order mode at the second harmonic. The fabrication tolerances of the PhM condition are simulated using a finite-difference method mode solver, and conversion efficiencies as high as 3.92 W−1 are obtained for a 1-cm long waveguide. This design allows access to the largest element of the second-order nonlinear susceptibility tensor, and represents a scalable alternative to waveguides based on periodically-poled lithium niobate (PPLN). The design has the potential for generating pairs of entangled photons in the infrared C-band by spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC).
利用绝缘体上的铌酸锂薄膜（LNOI）平台设计了一种双脊波导，用于产生高效、稳定的二次谐波（SHG）。1550 纳米波导基波模式与二次谐波高阶模式之间实现了完美的相位匹配 (PhM)。利用有限差分法模式求解器模拟了 PhM 条件下的制造公差，1 厘米长波导的转换效率高达 3.92 W-1。这种设计允许访问二阶非线性感性张量的最大元素，是基于周期性铌酸锂电极（PPLN）的波导的一种可扩展替代方案。这种设计有可能通过自发参量下变频（SPDC）在红外 C 波段产生纠缠光子对。
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Pub Date : 2023-10-04DOI: 10.3389/fphot.2023.1272934
Martin Moore-Ede, David E. Blask, Sean W. Cain, Anneke Heitmann, Randy J. Nelson
For over a hundred years, the lighting industry has primarily been driven by illumination aesthetics, energy efficiency and product cost with little consideration of the effects of light on health. The recent widespread replacement of traditional light sources by blue-enriched LED lights has heightened concerns about the disruption of the blue-sensitive human circadian system by these LED lights and their impact on the multiple health disorders linked to circadian disruption. Despite these health concerns, less than 0.5% of the lighting sold today modifies spectral content and intensity between day and night. We report that 248 scientists, with a total of 2,697 peer-reviewed publications on light and circadian clocks since 2008, reached consensus on 25 statements about the impact of light on circadian rhythms and health based on accumulated scientific evidence, including support for the widespread introduction of circadian lighting and warning labels on blue-enriched LED lights indicating they “maybe harmful if used at night”.
{"title":"Lights should support circadian rhythms: evidence-based scientific consensus","authors":"Martin Moore-Ede, David E. Blask, Sean W. Cain, Anneke Heitmann, Randy J. Nelson","doi":"10.3389/fphot.2023.1272934","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fphot.2023.1272934","url":null,"abstract":"For over a hundred years, the lighting industry has primarily been driven by illumination aesthetics, energy efficiency and product cost with little consideration of the effects of light on health. The recent widespread replacement of traditional light sources by blue-enriched LED lights has heightened concerns about the disruption of the blue-sensitive human circadian system by these LED lights and their impact on the multiple health disorders linked to circadian disruption. Despite these health concerns, less than 0.5% of the lighting sold today modifies spectral content and intensity between day and night. We report that 248 scientists, with a total of 2,697 peer-reviewed publications on light and circadian clocks since 2008, reached consensus on 25 statements about the impact of light on circadian rhythms and health based on accumulated scientific evidence, including support for the widespread introduction of circadian lighting and warning labels on blue-enriched LED lights indicating they “maybe harmful if used at night”.","PeriodicalId":73099,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in photonics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135590551","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-08-24DOI: 10.3389/fphot.2023.1270553
Michele Ortolani, C. Ciracì, M. Giordano, S. D’Agostino
{"title":"Editorial: Advances in plasmonics: a European collection","authors":"Michele Ortolani, C. Ciracì, M. Giordano, S. D’Agostino","doi":"10.3389/fphot.2023.1270553","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fphot.2023.1270553","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73099,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in photonics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42062605","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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