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American Chemical Society, Nano Letters, 5(8), p. 1309-1313, 2008

DOI: 10.1021/nl073164n

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Three-Dimensional Nanoscopy of Colloidal Crystals

Journal article published in 2008 by Benjamin Harke, Chaitanya K. Ullal, Jan Keller, Stefan W. Hell
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Abstract

We demonstrate the direct three-dimensional imaging of densely packed colloidal nanostructures using stimulated emission depletion microscopy. A combination of two de-excitation patterns yields a resolution of 43 nm in the lateral and 125 nm in the axial direction and an effective focal volume that is by 126-fold smaller than that of a corresponding confocal microscope. The mapping of a model system of spheres organized by confined convective assembly unambiguously identified face-centered cubic, hexagonal close-packed, random hexagonal close-packed, and body-centered cubic structures.