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ArticleNature photonics2025

Electrochemical fluorescence modulation enables simultaneous multicolour imaging.

Ying Yang, Yuanqing Ma, Alexander Macmillan, Richard Tilley, J Justin Gooding

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Article in Nature photonics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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  4. Electrochemical Dye Switching Assisted Spectral Demixing and 3D STORM Imaging.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026
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  5. Electrochemically controlled switching of dyes for enhanced superresolution optical fluctuation imaging (EC-SOFI).Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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Ying YangSchool of Chemistry and Australian Centre for NanoMedicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6009-4748
Yuanqing MaSchool of Chemistry and Australian Centre for NanoMedicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-0557-4559
Alexander MacmillanKatharina Gaus Light Microscopy Facility, University of New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-1277-0048
Richard TilleySchool of Chemistry and Australian Centre for NanoMedicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-2097-063X
J Justin GoodingSchool of Chemistry and Australian Centre for NanoMedicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5398-0597

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multicolour fluorescence imaging is crucial to simultaneously visualize multiple targets in cells, enabling the study of complicated cellular processes. Common multicolour methods rely on using fluorophores with sufficiently different spectral or lifetime characteristics. Here we present a new multicolour imaging strategy on a standard fluorescence microscope, where up to four fluorophores with high spectral overlap can be resolved using a single-colour optical configuration. We find that under electrochemical modulation, the fluorophores are regulated between the bright and dim states, with each displaying a distinct fluorescence response pattern. These unique fluorescence potential profiles enable the effective separation of different fluorophores through linear unmixing. We also demonstrate that electrochemical fluorescence switching is readily applicable to four-colour STED imaging. With no modification to the optical setups and easy adaptation to different microscopes, we anticipate that colour unmixing based on electrochemical fluorescence switching will provide an easily accessible multicolour imaging pathway for discoveries in diverse fields.

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Fluorescence imagingFluorescent probesSuper-resolution microscopy

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PMID40621152
PMCPMC12226343

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