DURIP: Super-Resolution Module for Confocal Microscopy of Reconfigurable Matter

Abstract

This project acquired an instrument module for super-resolution confocal microscopy imaging of reconfigurable colloids. During the project the different methods and instruments available for super-resolution microscopy was evaluated against the needs of colloidal assembly and soft matter science. The techniques and instruments evaluated were stimulated emission depletion microscopy (STED), stimulated illumination microscopy (SIM), and photoactivated localization microscopy (PALM). Our evaluation determined that the SIM method is currently the super-resolution method most compatible with our group s needs in soft-matter assembly. Furthermore, demonstration testing established that the performance of commercially available SIM modules were significantly better than the currently best available resolution of confocal microscopy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 28, 2014
Accession Number
ADA625319

Entities

People

  • Michael J. Solomon

Organizations

  • University of Michigan

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Acquisition
  • Assembly
  • Confocal Microscopy
  • Department Of Defense
  • Diffraction
  • Electron Microscopy
  • Engineering
  • High Resolution
  • Mathematics
  • Microscopes
  • Microscopy
  • Particle Size
  • Physical Properties
  • Self Assembly
  • Students
  • Three Dimensional

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Nanofabrication and Microfabrication.
  • Research Science/Academic Research