Prolonged super-microscopy: Nanographenes allow longer observation times

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February 25, 2025, 2:29 PM

• •Scientists at the Max Planck Institute have enhanced STED microscopy by replacing traditional fluorophores with nanographenes.
• •This enables the observation of longer-duration processes, overcoming a limitation of STED microscopy to date.
• •The new method, published in Nature Communications, opens up new possibilities for studying previously unobservable processes using super-resolution microscopy.

Scientists have developed a new super-resolution microscopy method that can observe processes at the nanoscale for longer periods of time. The method uses nanographene particles that can be reactivated after they have faded.

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