Mechanical properties of single supramolecular polymers from correlative AFM and fluorescence microscopy

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (47) ◽  
pp. 7260-7268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael A. Beuwer ◽  
M. F. Knopper ◽  
Lorenzo Albertazzi ◽  
Daan van der Zwaag ◽  
Wouter G. Ellenbroek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Fluorescence Microscopy ◽  
Fluorescence Imaging ◽  
Supramolecular Polymers

We characterize the structure and mechanical properties of 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxamide (BTA) supramolecular polymers using correlative AFM and fluorescence imaging.

scholarly journals Low-Light Photodetectors for Fluorescence Microscopy

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 2773
Author(s):  
Hiroaki Yokota ◽  
Atsuhito Fukasawa ◽  
Minako Hirano ◽  
Toru Ide
Keyword(s):  
Fluorescence Microscopy ◽  
Fluorescence Imaging ◽  
Single Molecule ◽  
Science Studies ◽  
Single Photon ◽  
Laser Scanning Microscopy ◽  
Oxide Semiconductor ◽  
Wide Field ◽  
Single Molecule Fluorescence ◽  
Low Light

Over the years, fluorescence microscopy has evolved and has become a necessary element of life science studies. Microscopy has elucidated biological processes in live cells and organisms, and also enabled tracking of biomolecules in real time. Development of highly sensitive photodetectors and light sources, in addition to the evolution of various illumination methods and fluorophores, has helped microscopy acquire single-molecule fluorescence sensitivity, enabling single-molecule fluorescence imaging and detection. Low-light photodetectors used in microscopy are classified into two categories: point photodetectors and wide-field photodetectors. Although point photodetectors, notably photomultiplier tubes (PMTs), have been commonly used in laser scanning microscopy (LSM) with a confocal illumination setup, wide-field photodetectors, such as electron-multiplying charge-coupled devices (EMCCDs) and scientific complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (sCMOS) cameras have been used in fluorescence imaging. This review focuses on the former low-light point photodetectors and presents their fluorescence microscopy applications and recent progress. These photodetectors include conventional PMTs, single photon avalanche diodes (SPADs), hybrid photodetectors (HPDs), in addition to newly emerging photodetectors, such as silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) (also known as multi-pixel photon counters (MPPCs)) and superconducting nanowire single photon detectors (SSPDs). In particular, this review shows distinctive features of HPD and application of HPD to wide-field single-molecule fluorescence detection.

scholarly journals The development of peptide–boron difluoride formazanate conjugates as fluorescence imaging agents

RSC Advances ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (32) ◽  
pp. 18970-18977
Author(s):  
Neha Sharma ◽  
Stephanie M. Barbon ◽  
Tyler Lalonde ◽  
Ryan R. Maar ◽  
Mark Milne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fluorescence Microscopy ◽  
Fluorescence Imaging ◽  
Cancer Imaging ◽  
Imaging Agents ◽  
Receptor Targeting ◽  
Boron Difluoride

Conjugation of a boron difluoride formazanate dye to receptor targeting peptides provides cancer imaging agents for fluorescence microscopy.

Tissue-culture light sheet fluorescence microscopy (TC-LSFM) allows long-term imaging of three-dimensional cell cultures under controlled conditions

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (10) ◽  
pp. 988-998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Pampaloni ◽  
Ulrich Berge ◽  
Anastasios Marmaras ◽  
Peter Horvath ◽  
Ruth Kroschewski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tissue Culture ◽  
Fluorescence Microscopy ◽  
Fluorescence Imaging ◽  
Cell Cultures ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Light Sheet ◽  
Controlled Conditions ◽  
Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy ◽  
Dimensional Cell

This novel system for the long-term fluorescence imaging of live three-dimensional cultures provides minimal photodamage, control of temperature, CO2, pH, and media flow.

scholarly journals Self-interference fluorescence microscopy: three dimensional fluorescence imaging without depth scanning

2012 ◽  
Vol 20 (14) ◽  
pp. 15253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mattijs de Groot ◽  
Conor L. Evans ◽  
Johannes F. de Boer
Keyword(s):  
Fluorescence Microscopy ◽  
Fluorescence Imaging ◽  
Three Dimensional

IN VIVO NEAR-INFRARED FLUORESCENCE IMAGING OF HUMAN COLON ADENOCARCINOMA BY SPECIFIC IMMUNOTARGETING OF A TUMOR-ASSOCIATED MUCIN

2009 ◽  
Vol 02 (04) ◽  
pp. 407-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
RALPH S. DACOSTA ◽  
YING TANG ◽  
TUULA KALLIOMAKI ◽  
RAYMOND M. REILLY ◽  
ROBERT WEERSINK ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fluorescence Microscopy ◽  
Fluorescence Imaging ◽  
Normal Tissue ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Ex Vivo ◽  
Colon Adenocarcinoma ◽  
Human Colon ◽  
Human Colon Adenocarcinoma

Background and Aims: Accurate endoscopic detection of premalignant lesions and early cancers in the colon is essential for cure, since prognosis is closely related to lesion size and stage. Although it has great clinical potential, autofluorescence endoscopy has limited tumor-to-normal tissue image contrast for detecting small preneoplastic lesions. We have developed a molecularly specific, near-infrared fluorescent monoclonal antibody (CC49) bioconjugate which targets tumor-associated glycoprotein 72 (TAG72), as a contrast agent to improve fluorescence-based endoscopy of colon cancer. Methods: The fluorescent anti-TAG72 conjugate was evaluated in vitro and in vivo in athymic nude mice bearing human colon adenocarcinoma (LS174T) subcutaneous tumors. Autofluorescence, a fluorescent but irrelevant antibody and the free fluorescent dye served as controls. Fluorescent agents were injected intravenously, and in vivo whole body fluorescence imaging was performed at various time points to determine pharmacokinetics, followed by ex vivo tissue analysis by confocal fluorescence microscopy and histology. Results: Fluorescence microscopy and histology confirmed specific LS174T cell membrane targeting of labeled CC49 in vitro and ex vivo. In vivo fluorescence imaging demonstrated significant tumor-to-normal tissue contrast enhancement with labeled-CC49 at three hours post injection, with maximum contrast after 48 h. Accumulation of tumor fluorescence demonstrated that modification of CC49 antibodies did not alter their specific tumor-localizing properties, and was antibody-dependent since controls did not produce detectable tumor fluorescence. Conclusions: These results show proof-of-principle that our near-infrared fluorescent-antibody probe targeting a tumor-associated mucin detects colonic tumors at the molecular level in real time, and offer a basis for future improvement of image contrast during clinical fluorescence endoscopy.

Three-dimensional imaging on a chip using optofluidics light-sheet fluorescence microscopy

Lab on a Chip ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erick Vargas Ordaz ◽  
Sergey Gorelick ◽  
Harrison York ◽  
Bonan Liu ◽  
Michelle L. Halls ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fluorescence Microscopy ◽  
Fluorescence Imaging ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Light Sheet ◽  
Three Dimensional Imaging ◽  
Cellular Organelle ◽  
Resolution Imaging ◽  
Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy

Volumetric, sub-micron to micron level resolution imaging is necessary to assay phenotypes or characteristics at the sub-cellular/organelle scale. However, three-dimensional fluorescence imaging of cells is typically low throughput or compromises...

Solvatochromism of a tricycloquinazoline based disk-shaped liquid crystal: a potential molecular probe for fluorescence imaging

RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (103) ◽  
pp. 84592-84600 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Karthik ◽  
V. Manjuladevi ◽  
R. K. Gupta ◽  
Sandeep Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Fluorescence Microscopy ◽  
Fluorescence Imaging ◽  
Molecular Probe ◽  
Discotic Liquid Crystal ◽  
Microscopy Images

Fluorescence microscopy images of a non-fluorescent discotic liquid crystal (DLC) using tricycloquinazoline (TCQ) based DLC as a molecular probe.

A near-infrared I emissive dye: toward the application of saturable absorber and multiphoton fluorescence microscopy in the deep-tissue imaging window

2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (35) ◽  
pp. 5111-5114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Can Ren ◽  
Xiangquan Deng ◽  
Wenbo Hu ◽  
Junzi Li ◽  
Xiaofei Miao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fluorescence Microscopy ◽  
Fluorescence Imaging ◽  
Saturable Absorber ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Tissue Imaging ◽  
Saturable Absorption ◽  
Deep Tissue ◽  
Boron Dipyrromethene ◽  
Deep Tissue Imaging ◽  
Photon Fluorescence

A boron-dipyrromethene (BODIPY) dye emitting in the near-infrared (NIR) I region (723 nm) exhibits strong saturable absorption at 680 nm and excellent three-photon fluorescence imaging in the NIR II (1665 nm) window.

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