Visualization of molecular fluorescence point spread functions via remote excitation switching fluorescence microscopy

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Su, Liang ^a   Lu, Gang ^a   Kenens, Bart ^a   Rocha, Susana ^a   Fron, Eduard ^a   Yuan, Haifeng ^a   Chen, Chang ^a,b   Van Dorpe, Pol ^a,b   Roeffaers, Maarten B J ^a   Mizuno, Hideaki ^a   Hofkens, Johan ^a,c   Hutchison, James A ^d,e   Uji I, Hiroshi ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b IMEC   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; NANOWIRE; SILVER NANOPARTICLE;

ARRAY; CATALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTODEGRADATION; VISUALIZATION;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; POINT SPREAD FUNCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84923348312     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7287     Document Type: Article

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