Nanoscopic imaging of thick heterogeneous soft-matter structures in aqueous solution

Tobias F. Bartsch; Martin D. Kochanczyk; Emanuel N. Lissek; Janina R. Lange; Ernst-Ludwig Florin

doi:10.1038/ncomms12729

Nature Communications (Sep 2016)

Nanoscopic imaging of thick heterogeneous soft-matter structures in aqueous solution

Tobias F. Bartsch,
Martin D. Kochanczyk,
Emanuel N. Lissek,
Janina R. Lange,
Ernst-Ludwig Florin

Affiliations

Tobias F. Bartsch: Physics Department, Center for Nonlinear Dynamics, The University of Texas at Austin
Martin D. Kochanczyk: Physics Department, Center for Nonlinear Dynamics, The University of Texas at Austin
Emanuel N. Lissek: Physics Department, Center for Nonlinear Dynamics, The University of Texas at Austin
Janina R. Lange: Department of Physics, Biophysics Group, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
Ernst-Ludwig Florin: Physics Department, Center for Nonlinear Dynamics, The University of Texas at Austin

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12729
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Integration time limits the capacity of super-resolution microscopy to study dynamics. Here, Bartsch et al. use the 3D scanning of a nanoparticle held in an optical trap, and its thermal noise motion within the trap, to image the local dynamics of soft-matter structures with a 50 kHz bandwidth.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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