Major signal increase in fluorescence microscopy through dark-state relaxation.

We report a substantial signal gain in fluorescence microscopy by ensuring that transient molecular dark states with lifetimes >1 micros, such as the triplet state relax between two molecular absorption events. For GFP and Rhodamine dye Atto532, we observed a 5-25-fold increase in total fluor...

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Hauptverfasser: Donnert, G, Eggeling, C, Hell, S
Format: Journal article
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2007