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@uni-goettingen.de Oct 8, 2026, 9:37 AM

How to make imaging faster, sharper, easier?

It turns out "self-blinking dyes" - which can switch between bright and dark states on their own - can take super-resolution microscopy to the next level: www.uni-goettingen.de/en/3240.html...

Research in #NanoLetters: doi.org/10.1021/acs....

There are six images - all on black background with a detailed image in pale blue or turquoise. Self-blinking dye used in different cellular structures and imaging techniques: Top row, super-resolution images of vimentin, microtubules, and mitochondria (left to right), demonstrating clear and robust imaging of different cellular structures. Bottom row, microtubules imaged using wide-field SMLM, fluores-cence-lifetime SMLM (FL-SMLM), and MINFLUX (left to right), showing that the same self-blinking labelling strategy is compatible with different super-resolution microscopy techniques.

Photo: Adapted from the original publication in Nano Letters (2026) DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6c02799

@oddlytruejp.bsky.social Sep 22, 2026, 2:00 PM

🧺 A quantum physics term borrowed from a bamboo basket weaver.

"Kagome" = kago (basket) + me (holes). NIMS built one from propeller-shaped molecules that self-assemble, with some electrons massless and others frozen in place.

#KagomeLattice #NIMS #NanoLetters #quantum

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