1. FLUORECENCE MICROSCOPY SUPERRESOLUTION BLINK MICROSCOPY ON THE BASIS OF ENGINEERED DARK STATES*
*Christian Steinhauer, Carsten Forthmann, Jan Vogelsang, and Philip Tinnefeld
Angewandte Physik - Biophysik, and Center for NanoScience, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität,
Amalienstrasse 54, München, Germany
Received August 19, 2008;
Presented by Jacqueline Anna Janssen, 27th of May 2013, Munich

2. MAIN TOPICS INTRODUCTION
Fluorescence microscopy, definition and short description
Abbe diffraction limit, its consequences, possible ways to solve the problem
Conventional microscopy vs. super-resolution microscopy.
ON, OFF, Dark states of fluorophores
SUPER-RESOLUTION TECHNIQUES, THE USE OF STOCHASTIC READOUT
Optimization of the resolution, introducing BM
Switching mechanisms:
Photoinduced switching mechanisms
The Reducing and Oxidizing System (ROXS): Controlling the Fluorescence of Single Fluorophores
Scientific paper written by Philip Tinnefeld et al., results of the experiments
Application of the method and its importance
Sources

3. Fig. 1: Schematic of a fluorescence microscope.

4. 𝑑= λ 2nsin θ
Fig. 2: Comparison of conventional microscopy and super-resolution microscopy.

5. Fig. 3: Schematic representation of the method based on a simplified Jablonski diagram.

6. Fig. 4: Possible behavior of the molecule residing on the the excited State S1

7. Fig. 5: Different possibilities to induce photoinduced blinking in single molecules.
a) Photochromic fluorophores can be switched directly via two different wavelengths.
b) Triplet states are used as dark states.
c) Radical states are used as controllable dark states.
d) Fluorophores are switched via a non absorbing and absorbing FRET-acceptor.

8. Fig. 6: Schematic drawing of photoinduced processes of common organic fluorophores including radical states.

9. Fig. 7: Concept of the reducing and oxidizing system (ROXS)

10. Fig. 8: Controlling blinking for superresolution microscopy.
(a) Part of a fluorescence transient of single Cy5 with ascorbic acid.
(b)Dependence of τoff on AA concentration.
(c) Dependence of τon, τoff, and the number of photons detected per on-state (on-counts) on excitation power

11. ATTO647N addition of AA to oxygen depleted solutions
Table 1: Triplet lifetime and radical anion lifetimes in the abundance of the following substances.
ATTO565
(6±2) ms to (20±5) ms
Cy3B
(11±4) ms to (33±12) ms
Alexa 647
(13±3) ms to (52±8) ms
ATTO647N addition of AA to oxygen depleted solutions
remaining at (28±7) ms

12. Fig. 9:
(a) Total internal reflection (left) and “Blink Microscopy” (right) images of actin filaments labeled with Alexa647.
(b) Wide-field (left) and superresolution (right) images of microtubule in fixed 3T3 fibroblast labeled with Alexa647-Fab-fragments.

13. Fig. 10: Total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy of ATTO655-phalloidin-labeled single actin filaments (a and b) and bundled actin filaments in fixed NIH/3T3 cells (d and e)

14. Fig. 11: Super-resolution microscopy with DNA origami

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