Precise Three-Dimensional Scan-Free Multiple-Particle Tracking over Large Axial Ranges with Tetrapod Point Spread Functions

Yoav Shechtman, Lucien E. Weiss, Adam S. Backer, Steffen J. Sahl, W. E. Moerner

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Abstract

We employ a novel framework for information-optimal microscopy to design a family of point spread functions (PSFs), the Tetrapod PSFs, which enable high-precision localization of nanoscale emitters in three dimensions over customizable axial (z) ranges of up to 20 μm with a high numerical aperture objective lens. To illustrate, we perform flow profiling in a microfluidic channel and show scan-free tracking of single quantum-dot-labeled phospholipid molecules on the surface of living, thick mammalian cells. (Figure Presented).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4194-4199
Number of pages6
JournalNano Letters
Volume15
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 10 Jun 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • 3D imaging
  • Nanoscopy
  • PSF engineering
  • Single particle tracking
  • Single-molecule imaging
  • Super-resolution microscopy

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Bioengineering
  • General Chemistry
  • General Materials Science
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Mechanical Engineering

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