Nanodiamond-based Phantoms Stabilize Microscope Calibration

Researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are using microscopic nanodiamonds to calibrate and assess the performance of high-powered microscopes. The work is poised to support a wide range of research and applications, optimizing workflows by saving time in the preparation stages for fluorescence microscopic analysis.