Real-Time pH Microscopy down to the Molecular Level by Combined Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy/Single-Molecule Fluorescence Spectroscopy

2004 ◽  
Vol 76 (13) ◽  
pp. 3473-3481 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank-Mario Boldt ◽  
Jürgen Heinze ◽  
Manuel Diez ◽  
Jan Petersen ◽  
Michael Börsch
Molecules ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (15) ◽  
pp. 2826 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shangguo Hou ◽  
Courtney Johnson ◽  
Kevin Welsher

Single molecule fluorescence spectroscopy has been largely implemented using methods which require tethering of molecules to a substrate in order to make high temporal resolution measurements. However, the act of tethering a molecule requires that the molecule be removed from its environment. This is especially perturbative when measuring biomolecules such as enzymes, which may rely on the non-equilibrium and crowded cellular environment for normal function. A method which may be able to un-tether single molecule fluorescence spectroscopy is real-time 3D single particle tracking (RT-3D-SPT). RT-3D-SPT uses active feedback to effectively lock-on to freely diffusing particles so they can be measured continuously with up to photon-limited temporal resolution over large axial ranges. This review gives an overview of the various active feedback 3D single particle tracking methods, highlighting specialized detection and excitation schemes which enable high-speed real-time tracking. Furthermore, the combination of these active feedback methods with simultaneous live-cell imaging is discussed. Finally, the successes in real-time 3D single molecule tracking (RT-3D-SMT) thus far and the roadmap going forward for this promising family of techniques are discussed.


2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (36) ◽  
pp. 19550-19555 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Rybina ◽  
B. Thaler ◽  
R. Krämer ◽  
D.-P. Herten

Current research in the field of single-molecule chemistry is increasingly focused on the development of reliable experimental approaches for investigating chemical processes on a molecular level using single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy (SMFS).


2004 ◽  
Vol 108 (20) ◽  
pp. 6479-6484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meindert A. van Dijk ◽  
Lukas C. Kapitein ◽  
Joost van Mameren ◽  
Christoph F. Schmidt ◽  
Erwin J. G. Peterman

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