Achieving low-power single-wavelength-pair nanoscopy with NIR-II continuous-wave laser for multi-chromatic probesShow others and affiliations
2022 (English)In: Nature Communications, E-ISSN 2041-1723, Vol. 13, no 1, article id 2843Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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The authors introduce stimulated-emission induced excitation depletion (STExD) nanoscopy using a single pair of low-power, near-infrared, continue-wave lasers. Emission of multichromatic probes is inhibited by cascade amplified depletion in lanthanide upconversion systems induced by manipulating their common sensitizer. Stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscopy is a powerful diffraction-unlimited technique for fluorescence imaging. Despite its rapid evolution, STED fundamentally suffers from high-intensity light illumination, sophisticated probe-defined laser schemes, and limited photon budget of the probes. Here, we demonstrate a versatile strategy, stimulated-emission induced excitation depletion (STExD), to deplete the emission of multi-chromatic probes using a single pair of low-power, near-infrared (NIR), continuous-wave (CW) lasers with fixed wavelengths. With the effect of cascade amplified depletion in lanthanide upconversion systems, we achieve emission inhibition for a wide range of emitters (e.g., Nd3+, Yb3+, Er3+, Ho3+, Pr3+, Eu3+, Tm3+, Gd3+, and Tb3+) by manipulating their common sensitizer, i.e., Nd3+ ions, using a 1064-nm laser. With NaYF4:Nd nanoparticles, we demonstrate an ultrahigh depletion efficiency of 99.3 +/- 0.3% for the 450 nm emission with a low saturation intensity of 23.8 +/- 0.4 kW cm(-2). We further demonstrate nanoscopic imaging with a series of multi-chromatic nanoprobes with a lateral resolution down to 34 nm, two-color STExD imaging, and subcellular imaging of the immunolabelled actin filaments. The strategy expounded here promotes single wavelength-pair nanoscopy for multi-chromatic probes and for multi-color imaging under low-intensity-level NIR-II CW laser depletion.
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Springer Nature , 2022. Vol. 13, no 1, article id 2843
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-313899DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30114-zISI: 000802699200020PubMedID: 35606360Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85130419659OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-313899DiVA, id: diva2:1668533
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2022-06-132022-06-132023-03-28Bibliographically approved