NANOPSIS

Microsphere technology has long been hailed as the holy grail of optical microscopy. A spherical piece of glass that could increase the resolution of an optical microscope to that of super-resolution. However, no one has managed to take this disruptive and revolutionary idea and make it a reality. Until now.

In 2011, at the University of Manchester Professor Lin Li and Dr. Wei Guo developed a method that has paved the way for the application of microsphere technology in microscopy. Dr Guo was at the time a student of Professor Lin, and their work together and subsequent breakthrough was covered by the BBC, the NY Times, and the journal Nature. Six years later and their discovery has grown into a microscopy start-up looking to disrupt the world of super-resolution microscopy.

NANOPSIS are a Manchester based start up that has broken the theoretical limit of what we can see with light. Our patented technology- SMAL – redefines the limits of optical microscopy. Their first product, the NANOPSIS M has been designed and developed in the city’s science park. They have harnessed the power of non-contact microsphere technology – breaking the world record for the smallest object that the eye can see.

Their technique was invented and developed by Professor Lin Li with the help of Dr Wei Guo. Their shared expertise in laser manufacturing and optics allowed them to pioneer the technology that drives the NANOPSIS M, the world’s most powerful wide-field optical microscope.