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Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Microscopy(TIRFM)

A National Facility Indian Institute of Technology Indore

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Model

Single Molecule Imaging, Nikon

Features

Using Total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (TIRFM) offers a unique environment to study the dynamics of individual molecules in an aqueous environment. It takes advantage of the evanescent field that is generated beyond a glass surface when laser light is totally reflected off the interface between two materials with different refractive indexes such as a fused silica slide and an aqueous buffer.

Applications

  • Figure Showing the working principle of TIRFM Top panel shows the details of the optical components associated with the TIRFM set-up and the bottom panel highlights the total internal reflection of the laser light at the glass/water interface.