Issue 11, 2022

Enhancing scanning electrochemical microscopy's potential to probe dynamic co-culture systems via hyperspectral assisted-imaging

Abstract

Precise determination of boundaries in co-culture systems is difficult to achieve with scanning electrochemical microscopy alone. Thus, biological scanning electrochemical microscope platforms generally consist of a scanning electrochemical microscope positioner mounted on the stage of an inverted microscope for correlated electrochemical and optical imaging. Use of a fluorescence microscope allows for site-specific fluorescence labeling to obtain more clearly resolved spatial and electrochemical data. Here, we construct a unique hyperspectral assisted-biological scanning electrochemical microscope platform to widen the scope of biological imaging. Specifically, we incorporate a variable fluorescence bandpass source into a biological scanning electrochemical microscope platform for simultaneous optical, spectral, and electrochemical imaging. Not only does this platform serve as a cost-effective alternative to white light laser imaging, but additionally it provides multi-functional analysis of biological samples. Here, we demonstrate the efficacy of our platform to discern the electrochemical contribution of site-specific cells by optically and spectroscopically resolving boundaries as well as cell types within a complex biological system.

Graphical abstract: Enhancing scanning electrochemical microscopy's potential to probe dynamic co-culture systems via hyperspectral assisted-imaging

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Article type
Paper
Submitted
23 feb. 2022
Accepted
03 abr. 2022
First published
05 abr. 2022

Analyst, 2022,147, 2396-2404

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Enhancing scanning electrochemical microscopy's potential to probe dynamic co-culture systems via hyperspectral assisted-imaging

S. Goines, M. Deng, M. W. Glasscott, J. W. C. Leung and J. E. Dick, Analyst, 2022, 147, 2396 DOI: 10.1039/D2AN00319H

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