Magnetic-field-enabled resolution enhancement in super-resolution imaging

Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2015 Mar 14;17(10):6722-7. doi: 10.1039/c4cp05914j.

Abstract

A novel strategy for modulating the photophysics of organic dyes in super-resolution fluorescence imaging using an external magnetic field was reported. The magnetic field induced increase in fluorescence intensity, localization number of probe molecules, and the number of photons emitted per molecule as compared to those acquired without a magnetic field were experimentally confirmed. Improved dSTORM localization precision and imaging resolution were consequently achieved.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • COS Cells
  • Carbocyanines / chemistry
  • Chlorocebus aethiops
  • Fluorescent Dyes / chemistry*
  • Lectins / chemistry
  • Maackia / metabolism
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence*
  • Microtubules / chemistry
  • Microtubules / ultrastructure
  • Photons
  • Spectrometry, Fluorescence

Substances

  • Alexa Fluor 647
  • Carbocyanines
  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Lectins