Nature Communications (Mar 2021)

MINFLUX nanometer-scale 3D imaging and microsecond-range tracking on a common fluorescence microscope

  • Roman Schmidt,
  • Tobias Weihs,
  • Christian A. Wurm,
  • Isabelle Jansen,
  • Jasmin Rehman,
  • Steffen J. Sahl,
  • Stefan W. Hell

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21652-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Minimal photon fluxes (MINFLUX) has enabled molecule-scale resolution in fluorescence microscopy but this had not been shown in standard, broadly applicable microscopy platforms. Here the authors report a solution to allow normal fluorescence microscopy while also providing 1-3 nm 3D resolution.