Researchers at JILA have demonstrated the use of infrared laser light to heat the water quickly and with precision “nano tubs “- small sample containers – for microscopy studies of the biochemistry of individual molecules and nanoparticles.
JILA technique is faster, more controllable , and less prone to damage expensive optical or make an accidental chemical alteration than conventional methods , which use electricity for heating. The show covers a technique used to study individual living cells in the field of single molecule microscopy.
The rapid and contactless heating of small samples is expected to enable new types of experiments with individual molecules. For example, sudden jumps in temperature controlled and could be used to activate and observe molecular processes in real time.
JILA is operated jointly by the National Institute of Standards and Technology ( NIST) of USA and the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU ).
