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31. V.N. Astratov, A. Darafsheh, Methods and systems for superresolution optical imaging using
high-index of refraction microspheres and microcylinders (2012-06-07). https://www.google.
com/patents/US20140355108. U.S patent 9726874B2
32. A. Darafsheh, G.F. Walsh, L.D. Negro, V.N. Astratov, Optical super-resolution by high-index
liquid-immersed microspheres. Appl. Phys. Lett. 101(14), 141128 (2012)
33. A. Darafsheh, N.I. Limberopoulos, J.S. Derov, D.E. Walker Jr., V.N. Astratov, Advantages
of microsphere-assisted super-resolution imaging technique over solid immersion lens and
confocal microscopies. Appl. Phys. Lett. 104(6), 061117 (2014)
34. K.W. Allen, N. Farahi, Y. Li, N.I. Limberopoulos, D.E. Walker, A.M. Urbas, V.N. Astratov, Overcoming the diffraction limit of imaging nanoplasmonic arrays by microspheres and
microfibers. Opt. Express 23(19), 24484–24496 (2015)
35. K.W. Allen, N. Farahi, Y. Li, N.I. Limberopoulos, D.E. Walker, A.M. Urbas, V.N. Astratov,
in NAECON 2014 - IEEE National Aerospace and Electronics Conference (2014), pp. 50–52
36. K.W. Allen, Waveguide, photodetector, and imaging applications of microspherical photonics.
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imaging through arrays of high-index spheres embedded in transparent matrices, pp. 98-122
37. K.W. Allen, N. Farahi, Y. Li, N.I. Limberopoulos, D.E. Walker, A.M. Urbas, V. Liberman, V.N.
Astratov, Super-resolution microscopy by movable thin-films with embedded microspheres:
resolution analysis. Ann. Phys. (Berlin) 527(7–8), 513–522 (2015)
38. K.W. Allen, Y. Li, V.N. Astratov, Reply to “Comment on ’Super-resolution microscopy by
movable thin-films with embedded microspheres: Resolution analysis’ [Ann. Phys. (Berlin)
527, 513 (2015)]”, Ann. Phys. (Berlin) 528(11-12), 901–904 (2016)
39. V. Astratov, K. Allen, N. Farahi, Y. Li, N. Limberopoulos, D.W.A. Urbas, V. Liberman,
M. Rothschild. Optical nanoscopy with contact microlenses overcomes the diffraction limit.
SPIE Newsroom, 11 (2016)
40. L. Li, W. Guo, Y. Yan, S. Lee, T. Wang, Label-free super-resolution imaging of adenoviruses
by submerged microsphere optical nanoscopy. Light: Sci. Appl. 2, e104 (2013)
41. H. Yang, N. Moullan, J. Auwerx, M.A.M. Gijs, Super-resolution biological microscopy using
virtual imaging by a microsphere nanoscope. Small 10(9), 1712–1718 (2014)
42. A. Brettin, K.F. Blanchette, Y. Nesmelov, N.I. Limberopoulos, A.M. Urbas, V.N. Astratov, in
2016 IEEE National Aerospace and Electronics Conference (NAECON) and Ohio Innovation
Summit (OIS) (2016), pp. 269–271
43. V.N. Astratov, A.V. Maslov, A. Brettin, K.F. Blanchette, Y.E. Nesmelov, N.I. Limberopoulos,
D.E. Walker, A.M. Urbas, in Proceedings of the SPIE, Nanoscale Imaging, Sensing, and
Actuation for Biomedical Applications XIV, vol. 10077 (2017), p. 00770S
44. A. Brettin, F. Abolmaali, K.F. Blanchette, C.L. McGinnis, Y.E. Nesmelov, N.I. Limberopoulos, D.E. Walker, Jr., I. Anisimov, A.M. Urbas, L. Poffo, A.V. Maslov, V.N. Astratov, Enhancement of resolution in microspherical nanoscopy by coupling of fluorescent objects to plasmonic metasurfaces. Appl. Phys. Lett. 114(13), 131101 (2019)
45. Y. Yan, L. Li, C. Feng, W. Guo, S. Lee, M. Hong, Microsphere-coupled scanning laser confocal nanoscope for sub-diffraction-limited imaging at 25 nm lateral resolution in the visible
spectrum. ACS Nano 8(2), 1809–1816 (2014)
46. P.-Y. Li, Y. Tsao, Y.-J. Liu, Z.-X. Lou, W.-L. Lee, S.-W. Chu, C.-W. Chang, Unusual imaging
properties of superresolution microspheres. Opt. Express 24(15), 16479–16486 (2016)
47. E.T.F. Rogers, J. Lindberg, T. Roy, S. Savo, J.E. Chad, M.R. Dennis, N.I. Zheludev, A superoscillatory lens optical microscope for subwavelength imaging. Nat. Mater. 11, 432–435
(2012)
48. L.A. Krivitsky, J.J. Wang, Z. Wang, B. Luk’yanchuk, Locomotion of microspheres for superresolution imaging. Sci. Rep. 3, 3501 (2013)
49. F. Wang, L. Liu, H. Yu, Y. Wen, P. Yu, Z. Liu, Y. Wang, W.J. Li, Scanning superlens microscopy
for non-invasive large field-of-view visible light nanoscale imaging. Nat. Commun. 7, 13748
(2016)
50. J. Li, W. Liu, T. Li, I.R.J. Zhao, B. Bahari, B. Kante, J. Wang, Swimming microrobot optical
nanoscopy. Nano Lett. 16(10), 6604–6609 (2016)