Far‐Field Nanoscopy with Reversible Chemical Reactions

Michael Schwering, Alexander Kiel, Anton Kurz, Konstantinos Lymperopoulos, Arnd Sprödefeld, Roland Krämer, Dirk‐Peter Herten

Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2011 · 47 citations · 20 references

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Abstract

Revolution in resolution: Abbe's resolution limit has been overcome in fluorescence microscopy by using light-driven processes to switch the emission of fluorophores on and off. Alternatively, chemical reactions can be used, for example the coordination of Cu2+ ions to a fluorescent probe for the stochastic switching between spectroscopic states.

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