Super-resolution imaging techniques that overcome the diffraction limit of light have gained
wide popularity for visualizing cellular structures with nanometric resolution. Following the …

Tremendous progress in nanotechnology has enabled advances in the use of luminescent
nanomaterials in imaging, sensing and photonic devices. This translational process relies …

In this review we present new concepts and recent progress in the application of
semiconductor quantum dots (QD) as labels in two important areas of biology, bioimaging …

We review the use of luminescent nanoparticles in super-resolution imaging and single-
molecule tracking, and showcase novel approaches to super-resolution imaging that …

Half a century after its initial emergence, lanthanide photonics is facing a profound
remodeling induced by the upsurge of nanomaterials. Lanthanide‐doped nanomaterials …

Photobleaching is the permanent loss of fluorescence after extended exposure to light and
is a major limiting factor in super‐resolution microscopy (SRM) that restricts spatiotemporal …

Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats, CRISPR, has recently emerged
as a powerful molecular biosensing tool for nucleic acids and other biomarkers due to its …

Discrete luminescent lanthanide complexes represent a potential alternative to organic
chromophores due to their tunability of optical properties, insensitivity to photobleaching …

Following an overview of the approaches and techniques used to acheive super-resolution
microscopy, this review presents the advantages supplied by nanoparticle based probes for …

DNA self‐assembly has proven to be a highly versatile tool for engineering complex and
dynamic biocompatible nanostructures from the bottom up with a wide range of potential …