Ultra high resolution fluorescence microscopy technology has matured to build up can be divided into 3 categories: stimulated emission depletion technique and several kinds of derivative method. Lighting technology structure and stochastic optical reconstruction of single molecule technology. As early as in 1989, William E. Moerner is the first in the world to achieve the ultra low temperature place an order molecular optical absorption measurements (1) and in 1997 with the Roger Y. Tsien (won the 2008 Nobel prize in Chemistry for green fluorescent protein) Co discovered GFP fluorescence flicker and switching behavior. Eric Betzig in 1993 with the near field imaging to take the lead in realizing the single molecule fluorescence observation under normal temperature,Then the proposed single molecule signals to achieve ultra high resolution imaging based on the ideas in the 1995. Early studies of the two have laid a solid foundation for the future development of ultra high resolution imaging technology.
1994, Stefan W. Hell at the University of Turku in Finland was first proposed by the stimulated radiation loss (stimulated emission depletion, STED) theory, is used to break the diffraction limit, and finally in 2000, the court in the University come true. STED technology uses similar to produce laser "stimulated emission" principle, will be a bunch of hollow spot set in the excitation light spot outside,Fluorescent molecular this ring laser coverage will occur in the stimulated emission, and fluorescence molecular ring center is the occurrence of the spontaneous radiation. Because of different wavelengths, the fluorescence ring center can be separated and separate detection. So, to continue to narrow aperture ring light by increasing the ring light intensity can get a smaller than the diffraction limit of fluorescence excitation beam, and by scanning and eventually get a super high resolution images. STED technology, make it more use and biological research. In addition, he also through a similar principle to create a series of ultra high resolution techniques, collectively referred to as reversible saturated fluorescence transition (RESOLFT),Made a great contribution to the development of super-resolution fluorescence microscopy imaging technology.
2000 years, American scientist Mats Gustafsson developed ultra high resolution technology based on the principle of structure lighting (structured illumination microscopy, SIM), suitable for live cell imaging of fast. Based on the technology of SIM 2 high spatial frequency group overlap can form low frequency principle of moire fringes, and realize the high resolution imaging by analyzing the moire fringe, but resolution reached only about 100nm.
2006, the technical field of super-resolution fluorescence microscopy to start a race,Almost at the same time, there are 3 kinds of super resolution optical imaging technique of single molecule location based on the principle of random reconstruction: microscopic stochastic optical reconstruction technique invented by Zhuang Xiaowei of the Harvard University team (stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy, STORM) photosensitive positioning micro technology, the Nobel laureate Betzig team invented (photo-activated localization microscopy, PALM) and fluorescence University of Maine Samuel Hess invented the activation location microscopy (fluorescence photoactivation localization microscopy, fPALM).They are very similar in principle, is based on the fluorescent molecule (organic dyes or fluorescent protein) ability of light transformation and single molecule localization, by modulating the activation of light, because the localization of single fluorescent molecule center accuracy far beyond the diffraction limit, so the same area of the multiple images superposition can reconstruct a high resolution image. Ingenious method to this "time for space" to the fluorescence imaging resolution is improved by 20 times, reach about 10nm.
from Holland science see,Creator Antonie van Leeuwenhoek microscope in seventeenth Century for the first time since light focused by a lens made of optical microscope and observe microorganisms use it, microscope has been engaged in research work, biologists explore the mysteries of life essential tool. Modern biology research in urgent need of ultra high resolution fluorescence microscopy, because a lot of subcellular structures in micro to nano scale, the existence of the diffraction limit limit our use of optical microscope to observe these micro structure and process. Ultra high resolution fluorescence microscopy from method to realize to display one's skill to the full scientific research though but a few decades,To produce a significant push in many areas, and can be predicted in the future will be to bring about tremendous changes in life science research.
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