期刊
JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS
卷 20, 期 5, 页码 -出版社
SPIE-SOC PHOTO-OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERS
DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.20.5.056007
关键词
cathodoluminescence; nanophosphors; rare-earth; bioimaging; transmission electron microscopy
资金
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan [2306]
- Kazato Research Foundation, Tokyo, Japan
- Amada Foundation for Encouraged Research, Kanagawa, Japan
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [15J05644] Funding Source: KAKEN
We describe rare-earth-doped nanophosphors (RE-NPs) for biological imaging using cathodoluminescence (CL) microscopy based on scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM). We report the first demonstration of multicolor CL nanobioimaging using STEM with nanophosphors. The CL spectra of the synthesized nanophosphors (Y2O3:Eu, Y2O3:Tb) were sufficiently narrow to be distinguished. From CL images of RE-NPs on an elastic carbon-coated copper grid, the spatial resolution was beyond the diffraction limit of light. Y2O3:Tb and Y2O3:Eu RE-NPs showed a remarkable resistance against electron beam exposure even at high acceleration voltage (80 kV) and retained a CL intensity of more than 97% compared with the initial intensity for 1 min. In biological CL imaging with STEM, heavy-metal-stained cell sections containing the RE-NPs were prepared, and both the CL images of RE-NPs and cellular structures, such as mitochondria, were clearly observed from STEM images with high contrast. The cellular CL imaging using RE-NPs also had high spatial resolution even though heavy-metal-stained cells are normally regarded as highly scattering media. Moreover, since the RE-NPs exhibit photoluminescence (PL) excited by UV light, they are useful for multimodal correlative imaging using CL and PL. (C) 2015 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
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