Abstract
Multi-color super-resolution localization microscopy (SRLM) provides great opportunities for studying the structural and functional details of biological samples. However, current multi-color SRLM methods either suffer from medium to high crosstalk, or require a dedicated optical system and a complicated image analysis procedure. To address these problems, here we propose a completely different method to realize multi-color SRLM. This method is built upon a customized RGBW camera with a repeated pattern of filtered (Red, Green, Blue and Near-infrared) and unfiltered (White) pixels. With a new insight that RGBW camera is advantageous for color recognition instead of color reproduction, we developed a joint encoding scheme of emitter location and color. By combing this RGBW camera with the joint encoding scheme and a simple optical set-up, we demonstrated two-color SRLM with ∼20 nm resolution and < 2% crosstalk (which is comparable to the best-reported values). This study significantly reduces the complexity of two-color SRLM (and potentially multi-color SRLM), and thus offers good opportunities for general biomedical research laboratories to use multi-color SRLM, which is currently mastered only by well-trained researchers.
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