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. 2020 Nov;32(46):e2002873.
doi: 10.1002/adma.202002873. Epub 2020 Oct 14.

Quantitative Polarization-Resolved Second-Harmonic-Generation Microscopy of Glycine Microneedles

Matthew Gleeson  1 , Kevin O'Dwyer  1 , Sarah Guerin  1 , Daragh Rice  1 , Damien Thompson  1 , Syed A M Tofail  1 , Christophe Silien  1 , Ning Liu  1
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Quantitative Polarization-Resolved Second-Harmonic-Generation Microscopy of Glycine Microneedles

Matthew Gleeson et al. Adv Mater. 2020 Nov.

Abstract

Second-harmonic generation (SHG) is a nonlinear optical process that can provide disease diagnosis through characterization of biological building blocks such as amino acids, peptides, and proteins. The second-order nonlinear susceptibility tensor χ(2) of a material characterizes its tendency to cause SHG. Here, a method for finding the χ(2) elements from polarization-resolved SHG microscopy in transmission mode is presented. The quantitative framework and analytical approach that corrects for micrometer-scale morphology and birefringence enable the determination and comparison of the SHG susceptibility tensors of β- and γ-phase glycine microneedles. The maximum nonlinear susceptibility coefficients are d33 = 15 pm V-1 for the β and d33 = 5.9 pm V-1 for the γ phase. The results demonstrate glycine as a useful biocompatible nonlinear material. This combination of the analytical model and polarization-resolved SHG transmission microscopy is broadly applicable for quantitative SHG material characterization and diagnostic imaging.

Keywords: biomolecules; biophotonics; molecular crystal allomorphs.

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