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ArticleNature communications2024

Dual-wavelength metalens enables Epi-fluorescence detection from single molecules.

Aleksandr Barulin, Yeseul Kim, Dong Kyo Oh, Jaehyuck Jang, Hyemi Park, Junsuk Rho, Inki Kim

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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Aleksandr Barulin *Department of Biophysics, Institute of Quantum Biophysics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 16419, Republic of Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1048-8308
Yeseul Kim *Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, 37673, Republic of Korea.
Dong Kyo Oh *Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, 37673, Republic of Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7025-6720
Jaehyuck JangDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, 37673, Republic of Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3082-7909
Hyemi ParkDepartment of Biophysics, Institute of Quantum Biophysics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 16419, Republic of Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-4927-9535
Junsuk RhoDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, 37673, Republic of Korea. jsrho@postech.ac.kr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2179-2890
Inki KimDepartment of Biophysics, Institute of Quantum Biophysics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 16419, Republic of Korea. inki.kim@skku.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8686-6670

Funding

National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) NRF-2019R1A2C3003129National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) NRF-2019R1A5A8080290National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) NRF-2020R1A5A1019649National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) NRF-2022M3C1A3081312National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) NRF-2022M3H4A1A02074314National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) NRF-2022R1A6A3A13066251National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) NRF-2023M3K5A109482011National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) RS-2023-00209560National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) RS-2023-00266110National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) RS-2023-00283667
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Single molecule fluorescence spectroscopy is at the heart of molecular biophysics research and the most sensitive biosensing assays. The growing demand for precision medicine and environmental monitoring requires the creation of miniaturized and portable sensing platforms. However, the need for highly sophisticated objective lenses has precluded the development of single molecule detection systems for truly portable devices. Here, we propose a dielectric metalens device of submicrometer thickness to excite and collect light from fluorescent molecules instead of an objective lens. The high numerical aperture, high focusing efficiency, and dual-wavelength operation of the metalens enable the implementation of fluorescence correlation spectroscopy with a single Alexa 647 molecule in the focal volume. Moreover, the metalens enables real-time monitoring of individual fluorescent nanoparticle transitions and identification of hydrodynamic diameters ranging from a few to hundreds of nanometers. This advancement in sensitivity extends the application of the metalens technology to ultracompact single-molecule sensors.

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