Small Photoblinking Semiconductor Polymer Dots for Fluorescence Nanoscopy

• Published in: Advanced materials (Weinheim) Vol. 29; no. 5; pp. np - n/a
• Main Authors: Chen, Xuanze, Li, Rongqin, Liu, Zhihe, Sun, Kai, Sun, Zezhou, Chen, Danni, Xu, Gaixia, Xi, Peng, Wu, Changfeng, Sun, Yujie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.02.2017
• Subjects: Biocompatibility; bioimaging; blinking‐based statistical super‐resolution imaging; Brightness; Fluctuation; Fluorescence; Image resolution; Imaging; Materials science; Nanostructure; photoblinking; semiconductor polymer dots; Semiconductors; SOFI; Variation; SOFI; photoblinking; blinking-based statistical super-resolution imaging; semiconductor polymer dots; bioimaging

Two types of small photoblinking Pdots with high brightness, strong photostability, and favorable biocompatibility, are designed. Super‐resolution optical fluctuation imaging is achieved using these Pdots. Imaging of subcellular structures demonstrates that these small photoblinking Pdots are outsta...