Metal-induced energy transfer for live cell nanoscopy

• DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2013.345
• Publication Date: 2014-01-10T07:48:38Z
• Authors: Alexey I. Chizhik; Jan Rother; Ingo Gregor; Andreas Janshoff; Jörg Enderlein
• Keywords: 0301 basic medicine; 03 medical and health sciences; 7. Clean energy

A means for localizing fluorescent molecules over distances of hundreds of nanometres exploits the energy transfer between a donor molecule and surface plasmons on a metal film. The technique is demonstrated by using it to profile the membranes of living cells.