Shifting molecular localization by plasmonic coupling in a single-molecule mirage.

Over the last decade, two fields have dominated the attention of sub-diffraction photonics research: plasmonics and fluorescence nanoscopy. Nanoscopy based on single-molecule localization offers a practical way to explore plasmonic interactions with nanometre resolution. However, this seemingly straightforward technique may retrieve false positional information.

Impact of micropatterned surfaces on neuronal polarity.

Experimental control over cellular polarity in a neuronal network is a promising tool to study synapse formation and network behavior. We aimed to exploit a mechanism described by Stenger et al. [J.