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May 3, 2021 • 9 tweets • 7 min read
tinyurl.com/yw6sk5uz 1/9 Could graphene coverslips improve your single-molecule fluorescence and superresolution experiments? In our article in @AdvancedAms we combine #DNAorigami with #graphene to perform #singlemolecule#biophysics, #biosensing & #superresolution microscopy.
2/9 Graphene is almost transparent and quenches fluorescence in a range of ~40 nm. Fluorescence intensity or fluorescence lifetime of single molecules directly tell you the distance of a molecule to the surface. Differences in the z-direction as small as 2.9 nm are resolved.
