Super-resolution imaging of self-assembly of amphiphilic photoswitchable macrocycles.

Qiong-Xin HuaBo XinZu-Jing XiongWen-Liang Gong Chong LiZhen-Li HuangMing-Qiang Zhu

Published in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2018)

Self-assembly of an amphiphilic photoswitchable fluorescent macrocycle methoxy-tetraethylene glycol-substituted hexaarylbiimidazole-borondipyrromethene can be observed directly under a super-resolution fluorescence microscope, with the nanoscale resolution beyond the optical diffraction limitation.

Keyphrases

high resolution
single molecule
atomic force microscopy
living cells
quantum dots
high speed
molecular docking
energy transfer
fluorescent probe