Abstract

In the field of pharmaceutical research, confocal Raman microscopy recently attracted a lot of attention for non-invasive and three-dimensional imaging. In contrast to fluorescence microscopy generally requiring bulky labels which often change physicochemical properties of drugs impeding predictive analysis, Raman microscopy is inherently chemically selective. Applications range from drug distribution in delivery systems like tablets up to interactions of cells and tissue with drug carriers as well as their uptake.

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