“…Monitoring the affinity-based interaction of biochemicals in different environments; the label-free and real-time detection of pesticides, explosives, bacteria, viruses, toxins, allergens, and biomedical analytes [41][42][43] Spectroscopic ellipsometry Bio-sensing; surface and physical properties of thin-film materials [44,45] X-ray crystallography Study of crystal structures at the level of atomic resolution; identification of the binding modes of biochemical interactions, e.g., protein-ligand interactions; structure-based drug design [46] Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) Structural and chemical characterization, extravasation, and subcellular distribution of particles at the nanoscale with a resolution of 2 nm [47,48] Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) FCS can monitor the interactions between biomolecules and nanoparticles, e.g., FCS was used to quantify the functionalization efficiency of ligands (for example, avidin and antibody binding fragments (Fabs)) on the surface of nanoparticles [49,50] Confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) CLSM allows optical slicing through tissues, thus enabling precise real-time imaging of liver cells, organelles, and intracellular trafficking of nanoparticles, such as the endosomal escape ability of nanoparticles [51] Intravital real-time CLSM (IVRT-CLSM)…”