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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

Ludwig-Soret microscopy with the vibrational photothermal effect.

Keiichiro Toda, Takuro Ideguchi

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Keiichiro TodaInstitute for Photon Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
Takuro IdeguchiInstitute for Photon Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-7233-2528

Funding

MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 23H00273MEXT | JST | Fusion Oriented REsearch for disruptive Science and Technology (FOREST) JPMJFR236CPrecise Measurement Technology Promotion Foundation (PMTPF) NA
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vibrational microscopy provides label-free, bond-selective chemical contrast by detecting molecular vibrations, making it invaluable for biomedical research. While conventional methods rely on the direct detection of Raman scattering or infrared absorption, recently developed vibrational photothermal (ViP) microscopy achieves chemical contrast indirectly through refractive index (RI) changes. This indirect approach enables unique imaging capabilities beyond traditional chemical imaging. Here, we introduce an application of ViP microscopy: Label-free intracellular thermophoretic (Soret) imaging, which visualizes biomolecular transport driven by temperature gradients. ViP-induced Soret (ViPS) imaging leverages a steady-state temperature distribution generated by optical heating through vibrational photothermal effect, combined with time-resolved RI imaging via optical diffraction tomography. Using ViPS imaging, we measured thermophoretic behavior in living COS7 cells, determining intracellular diffusion and Soret coefficients. Notably, we observed a reversed direction of molecular transport (negative Soret effect) in the cytoplasm compared to the nucleus, possibly driven by thermophoresis-induced diffusiophoresis. Furthermore, time-lapse imaging under CO

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label-free imagingoptical diffraction tomographyphotothermal microscopythermophoresis

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PMID40811468
PMCPMC12377731

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