Benchmarking Smartphone Fluorescence-Based Microscopy with DNA Origami Nanobeads: Reducing the Gap toward Single-Molecule Sensitivity

• Carolin Vietz,
• Max L. Schütte,
• Qingshan Wei,
• Lars Richter,
• Birka Lalkens,
• Aydogan Ozcan,
• Philip Tinnefeld,
• Guillermo P. Acuna

Affiliations

Carolin Vietz

Institute for Physical & Theoretical Chemistry, Braunschweig Integrated Centre of Systems Biology (BRICS), and Laboratory for Emerging Nanometrology (LENA), Braunschweig University of Technology, Braunschweig, Germany

Max L. Schütte

Institute for Physical & Theoretical Chemistry, Braunschweig Integrated Centre of Systems Biology (BRICS), and Laboratory for Emerging Nanometrology (LENA), Braunschweig University of Technology, Braunschweig, Germany

Qingshan Wei

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Lars Richter

Institute for Physical & Theoretical Chemistry, Braunschweig Integrated Centre of Systems Biology (BRICS), and Laboratory for Emerging Nanometrology (LENA), Braunschweig University of Technology, Braunschweig, Germany

Birka Lalkens

Department Chemie and Center for NanoScience, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen, Muenchen, Germany

Aydogan Ozcan

Electrical & Computer Engineering Department, Bioengineering Department, California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI), and Department of Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

Philip Tinnefeld

Department Chemie and Center for NanoScience, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen, Muenchen, Germany

Guillermo P. Acuna

Institute for Physical & Theoretical Chemistry, Braunschweig Integrated Centre of Systems Biology (BRICS), and Laboratory for Emerging Nanometrology (LENA), Braunschweig University of Technology, Braunschweig, Germany