Title :
Multi-photon evanescent wave (MPEW) excited lanthanide-doped upconverting nanoparticles (UCNPs) for fast single particles tracking and live cell membrane imaging
Author :
Qiuqiang Zhan ; Hao Cheng ; Jun Qian ; Sailing He
Author_Institution :
ZJU-SCNU Joint Res. Center of Photonics, South China Normal Univ. (SCNU), Guangzhou, China
Abstract :
We propose a novel multi-photon evanescent wave (MPEW) excitation modality for upconverting nanoparticles (UCNPs) based microscopy. Experimental results show this new imaging method for UCNPs is nonscanning, ultrahigh contrast and high spatiotemporal resolution.
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; biomembranes; cellular biophysics; doping; multiphoton processes; nanomedicine; nanoparticles; optical tracking; rare earth metals; MPEW; cell membrane imaging; excited lanthanide-doped upconverting nanoparticles; high spatiotemporal resolution; imaging method; multiphoton evanescent wave excitation modality; single particle tracking; ultrahigh contrast resolution; upconverting nanoparticle based microscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP), 2012 Asia
Conference_Location :
Guangzhou
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6274-0
