Acta Photonica Sinica, Volume. 49, Issue 9, 0918001(2020)

Progress and Prospect of Research on Single-molecule Localization Super-resolution Microscopy(Invited Review)

Sha AN1...2, Dan DAN1, Xiang-hua YU1, Tong PENG1,2, and Bao-li YAO12,* |Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710119, China
  • 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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    Figures & Tables(14)
    Schematic diagram of various photoswitching modes of fluorescence proteins
    Schematic diagram of single-molecule localization
    Principle of PALM[26]
    Principle of STORM with photo-switchable fluorophores[27]
    Principle of 3D STORM[48]
    Schematic of Exchange-PAINT and super-resolution results[57]
    Imaging implementation of 2D MINFLUX super-resolution nanoscopy[58]
    Different illumination modalities of fluorescence microscopy
    Applications of SMLM in cytobiology
    Comparison of axial plane diffraction-limited and corresponding super-resolution images of different targets[109]
    Applications of SMLM in tissue biology
    Applications of SMLM in neuroscience
    • Table 1. Comparison of several SMLM methods

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      Table 1. Comparison of several SMLM methods

      SMLM methodResolutionFluorophoresDetected photon countsReferences
      PALM/FPALM~10~80 nmPhotoactivatable fluorescent proteinsLow (several hundred)[26], [28]
      STORM/dSTORM~20~50 nmPhotoswitchable organic dyesMedium (several thousand)[27], [30]
      QSTORM~24 nmQuantum dotsHigh (several thousand)[53]
      DNA-PAINT~5 nmAny single-molecule-compatible dyeExtremely high(hundreds of thousands)[54], [55], [56]
      MINFLUX~2 nmAny single-molecule-compatible dyeLow (zero toseveral hundred)[58], [59], [60]
    • Table 2. Comparison of main parameters between certain EMCCD and sCMOS

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      Table 2. Comparison of main parameters between certain EMCCD and sCMOS

      Camera typeQuantumefficiencyReadoutnoisePixel numberPixel sizeFrame rateat full resolution
      Andor iXon3 897 EMCCD>90%< 1 e-512×51216 μm×16 μm35 fps
      Andor iXon Ultra 897 EMCCD>90%< 1 e-512×51216 μm×16 μm56 fps
      Hamamatsu Orca-Flash 4.0 LT sCMOS82%1.3 e-2 048×2 0486.5 μm×6.5 μm30 fps
      Hamamatsu Orca-Flash 4.0 V3 sCMOS82%1.0 e-2 048×2 0486.5 μm×6.5 μm100 fps
      Photometrics Prime 95B sCMOS95%1.6 e-1 200×1 20011 μm×11 μm41 fps
      Photometrics Prime BSI sCMOS95%1.6 e-2 048×2 0486.5 μm×6.5 μm43.5 fps
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    Sha AN, Dan DAN, Xiang-hua YU, Tong PENG, Bao-li YAO. Progress and Prospect of Research on Single-molecule Localization Super-resolution Microscopy(Invited Review)[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2020, 49(9): 0918001

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    Category: Microscopy

    Received: Jun. 4, 2020

    Accepted: Aug. 6, 2020

    Published Online: Dec. 26, 2020

    The Author Email: YAO Bao-li (yaobl@opt.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/gzxb20204909.0918001

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