Single-wavelength two-photon excitation-stimulated emission depletion (SW2PE-STED) superresolution imaging

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 6390-6393

  Bianchini, Paolo ^a   Harke, Benjamin ^a   Galiani, Silvia ^a,b   Vicidomini, Giuseppe ^a   Diaspro, Alberto ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED LIGHT; SINGLE WAVELENGTH TWO PHOTON EXCITATION STIMULATED EMISSION DEPLETION FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84860146779     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1119129109     Document Type: Article

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