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  STED nanoscopy with fluorescent quantum dots.

Hanne, J., Falk, H. J., Görlitz, F., Hoyer, P., Engelhardt, J., Sahl, S. J., et al. (2015). STED nanoscopy with fluorescent quantum dots. Nature Communications, 6: 7127. doi:10.1038/ncomms8127.

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Hoyer, P.1, Author           
Engelhardt, J.1, Author           
Sahl, S. J.1, Author           
Hell, S. W.1, Author                 
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 Abstract: The widely popular class of quantum-dot molecular labels could so far not be utilized as standard fluorescent probes in STED (stimulated emission depletion) nanoscopy. This is because broad quantum-dot excitation spectra extend deeply into the spectral bands used for STED, thus compromising the transient fluorescence silencing required for attaining super-resolution. Here we report the discovery that STED nanoscopy of several red-emitting commercially available quantum dots is in fact successfully realized by the increasingly popular 775 nm STED laser light. A resolution of presently ~50 nm is demonstrated for single quantum dots, and sub-diffraction resolution is further shown for imaging of quantum-dot-labelled vimentin filaments in fibroblasts. The high quantum-dot photostability enables repeated STED recordings with >1,000 frames. In addition, we have evidence that the tendency of quantum-dot labels to blink is largely suppressed by combined action of excitation and STED beams. Quantum-dot STED significantly expands the realm of application of STED nanoscopy, and, given the high stability of these probes, holds promise for extended time-lapse imaging.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2015-05-08
 Publication Status: Published online
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 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8127
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