Optical super-resolution microscopy in polymer science. (December 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chapman, Dana V.; Du, Hui; Lee, Wennie Yun; Wiesner, Ulrich B.
• Is Part Of: Progress in polymer science. Volume 111(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-12
• Subjects: Optical super-resolution microscopy -- Polymer science -- Bulk behavior -- Dynamic polymer processes -- 3D imaging; 1D one-dimensional -- 2D two-dimensional -- 3D three-dimensional -- AFM atomic force microscopy -- BALM binding-activated localization microscopy -- BCP block copolymer -- BIS N, N '-methylenbisacrylamide -- BODIPY boron dipyrromethene -- BTA 1, 3, 5-benzenetricarboxamide -- cryo-EM cryogenic electron microscopy -- DLS dynamic light scattering -- DNA deoxyribonucleic acid -- (d)STORM (direct) stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy -- ExM expansion microscopy -- F(C)CS fluorescence (cross-)correlation spectroscopy -- FIONA fluorescence imaging with one-nanometer accuracy -- FPs fluorescent proteins -- (f/i)PALM (fluorescence/interferometric) photoactivated localization microscopy -- FRET Förster resonance energy transfer -- FWHM full-width at half-maximum -- GPC gel permeation chromatography -- GSDIM ground state depletion followed by individual molecule return -- gSHRImP generalized single-molecule high-resolution imaging with photobleaching -- I5M image interference + incoherent interference illumination microscopy -- (i)PAINT (interface) point accumulation for imaging in nanoscale topography -- MRI magnetic resonance imaging -- NHS N-hydroxysuccinimide -- NIR near-infrared -- NPs nanoparticles -- OSRM optical super-resolution microscopy -- P2VP poly(2-vinylpyridine) -- AA poly(acrylic acid) -- PBMA poly(butyl methacrylate) -- PBS polarizing beam splitter -- PDMS poly(dimethylsiloxane) -- PE polyethylene -- PFS poly(ferrocenyldimethylsilane) -- PIFE protein-induced fluorescence enhancement -- PMMA poly(methyl methacrylate) -- PNIPAM poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) -- PNIPMAM poly(N-isopropylmethacrylamide) -- PP polypropylene -- PS polystyrene -- PSF point spread function -- QDs quantum dots -- RESOLFT reversible saturable optical fluorescence transitions -- SEM scanning electron microscopy -- SHREC single-molecule high-resolution colocalization -- SIM structured illumination microscopy -- SMLM single-molecule localization microscopy -- SNR signal-to-noise ratio -- SOFI super-resolution optical fluctuation imaging -- SSIM saturated structured illumination microscopy -- STED stimulated emission depletion (microscopy) -- STEM scanning transmission electron microscopy -- TCCD two-color coincidence detection -- TEM transmission electron microscopy -- TIRF total internal reflection fluorescence -- UV ultraviolet -- W-4PiSMSN 4Pi single-molecule switching nanoscopy; Polymers -- Periodicals; Polymerization -- Periodicals; Polymers -- Industrial applications -- Periodicals; Polymères -- Périodiques; Polymérisation -- Périodiques; 547.7
• DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2020.101312
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0079-6700

Abstract

Abstract: The advent of optical super-resolution microscopy (OSRM) over two decades ago has transformed light-mediated interrogation of systems down to the nanoscale. This innovative set of approaches to optics breaks the so-called diffraction limit of light (~200 nm), allowing for the first time to use optics in the far field to visualize behavior on nanoscopic length scales. While these visualization tools have rapidly found widespread use in biology and related fields, their implementation in materials and, more specifically, in polymer science has been far slower. To overcome possible barriers and highlight possible future directions, we herein present an introduction to OSRM for polymer scientists, beginning with an overview of relevant techniques and existing optical probes. We then show and examine the first examples of OSRM adaptation across major areas of polymer science, including: polymerization and structural characterization, self-assembly and solution behavior, bulk structure and behavior, crystallization, gel structure and behavior, phase transitions, and biofunctionality. We hope and anticipate that the discussions provided in this review will draw the attention of the polymer community to the capacities of these hitherto underexplored optical visualization techniques to further transform polymer science. Graphical abstract: Image, graphical abstract