Spectroscopic measurements and super-resolution imaging by supracence
US11435287B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 17, 2019 |
| Grant date | Sep 6, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 1, 2041 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2201/08
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Application of a new light-molecule interaction in which molecules enable emission of photons with more energy than that of the absorbed photons achieves higher resolution than fluorescence imaging. This emission phenomenon is termed supracence and is applied to obtain more information about the structure and properties of a specimen than currently possible with fluorescence imaging techniques. Because supracence originates from chemical bonds, any structure that contains chemical bonds meets the necessary condition to potentially emit supracence. Super spectral resolution images are achieved by selectively exciting a target molecule to suprace without exciting another fluorophore that has absorption and emission rather close to the target.
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