Super-resolution imaging techniques based on van der Waals materials

该项目旨在解决超分辨率荧光纳米镜领域最紧迫的挑战，该领域是广泛的生物医学成像和传感应用的基础。该项目将开发荧光探针和新的成像方案，这些方案同时具有超亮、光稳定、生物相容性，并且不需要使用在图像采集过程中损坏样品的高功率激光。这将通过利用最近在货车德瓦尔斯纳米材料中发现的量子发射体的独特性质来实现。该项目的成果将产生一种新的超分辨率成像方法，促进对量子发射器的理解，并开发用于处理货车德瓦尔斯材料的新技术。预计这将在不同的行业中得到应用，并在纳米技术和高性能澳大利亚制造产品的制造方面开辟新市场。

This project aims to address the most pressing challenges in the field of super-resolution fluorescence nanoscopies, which underpin a vast range of biomedical imaging and sensing applications. The project will develop fluorescent probes and new imaging schemes that are simultaneously ultra-bright, photostable, biocompatible and do not require the use of high-power lasers that damage samples during image acquisition. This will be achieved by exploiting unique properties of recently-discovered quantum emitters in van der Waals nanomaterials. The project outcomes will yield a new approach to super-resolution imaging, advance understanding of quantum emitters, and develop new techniques for the processing of van der Waals materials. This is expected to have applications in a diverse range of sectors, and enable new markets in nanotechnology and manufacturing of high-performance Australian-made products.