scholarly journals Enhancing the photostability of poly(phenylene ethynylene) for single particle studies

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (12) ◽  
pp. 1821-1831 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. F. Calver ◽  
B. A. Lago ◽  
K. S. Schanze ◽  
G. Cosa

Enhanced photostability of conjugated polyelectrolytes achieved by using anti-fading agents opens the way for advanced single molecule fluorescence imaging studies.

2006 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 164-168
Author(s):  
Hiroaki YOKOTA ◽  
Tetsuichi WAZAWA ◽  
Yoshiharu ISHII

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 2773
Author(s):  
Hiroaki Yokota ◽  
Atsuhito Fukasawa ◽  
Minako Hirano ◽  
Toru Ide

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.


Molecules ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (15) ◽  
pp. 2826 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shangguo Hou ◽  
Courtney Johnson ◽  
Kevin Welsher

Single molecule fluorescence spectroscopy has been largely implemented using methods which require tethering of molecules to a substrate in order to make high temporal resolution measurements. However, the act of tethering a molecule requires that the molecule be removed from its environment. This is especially perturbative when measuring biomolecules such as enzymes, which may rely on the non-equilibrium and crowded cellular environment for normal function. A method which may be able to un-tether single molecule fluorescence spectroscopy is real-time 3D single particle tracking (RT-3D-SPT). RT-3D-SPT uses active feedback to effectively lock-on to freely diffusing particles so they can be measured continuously with up to photon-limited temporal resolution over large axial ranges. This review gives an overview of the various active feedback 3D single particle tracking methods, highlighting specialized detection and excitation schemes which enable high-speed real-time tracking. Furthermore, the combination of these active feedback methods with simultaneous live-cell imaging is discussed. Finally, the successes in real-time 3D single molecule tracking (RT-3D-SMT) thus far and the roadmap going forward for this promising family of techniques are discussed.


2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 100142
Author(s):  
Ineke Brouwer ◽  
Heta Piyush Patel ◽  
Joseph Victor Willem Meeussen ◽  
Wim Pomp ◽  
Tineke Laura Lenstra

Biochemistry ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 57 (5) ◽  
pp. 852-860 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanzhuo Song ◽  
Baosheng Ge ◽  
Jun Lao ◽  
Zhencai Wang ◽  
Bin Yang ◽  
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2007 ◽  
Vol 54 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 239-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. Michalet ◽  
O. H. W. Siegmund ◽  
J. V. Vallerga ◽  
P. Jelinsky ◽  
J. E. Millaud ◽  
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