2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Structure and Dynamics of Single Polymer Chain Studied by Three-dimensional Super-resolution Imaging Technique
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20685016
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Polymer/Textile materials
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
AOKI Hiroyuki Kyoto University, 先端医工学研究ユニット, 准教授 (90343235)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | 単一高分子鎖 / 表面・界面 / 蛍光顕微鏡 / 超解像 |
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| Research Abstract |
A super-resolution microscopy technique was developed to enable the structural analysis of polymers at a nanometric scale. A single poly(butyl methacrylate) (PBMA) chain labeled by photochromic fluorescent dye molecules was observed by the photo-activated localization microscopy (PALM), which has the spatial resolution of 15×15×80nm^3 in three dimensions. The PALM allowed us to directly examine the conformation of the individual PBMA chains.
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Research Products
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