Selected Literature References

Review Articles

• Evanescent-wave microscopy: A new tool to gain insight into the control of transmitter release., Oheim, M., Loerke, D., Chow, R., and Stühmer, W., Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B: 354, 307-318 (1999).
• Surface fluorescence microscopy with evanescent illumination., Axelrod, D., Light Microscopy in Biology, Lacey, A. (ed), Oxford University Press, New York, 399-423 (1999).
• Total reflection., Born, M. and Wolf, E., Principles of Optics, 7th Edition, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 49-53 (1999).
• Total internal reflection and the evanescent wave., Hecht, E., Optics, Addison Wesley Longman, Incorporated, New York, 121-127 (1998).
• Total internal reflectance fluorescence microscopy., Tamm, L., Optical Microscopy: Emerging Methods and Applications, Herman, B. and Lemasters, J. (eds), Academic Press, New York, 295-337 (1993).
• Total internal reflection fluorescence., Axelrod, D., Hellen, E., and Fulbright, R., Topics in Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Volume 3: Biochemical Applications, Lakowicz, J. (ed), Plenum Press, New York, 289-343 (1992).
• Evanescent-wave microscopy: a simple optical configuration., Murray, J. and Eshel, D., Journal of Microscopy: 167, 49-62 (1992).
• Photon tunneling microscopy., Guerra, J., Applied Optics: 29, 3741-3752 (1990).
• Total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy., Axelrod, D., Methods in Cell Biology, Vol. 30, Taylor, D. and Wang, Y. (eds), Academic Press, New York, 245-270 (1989).
• Emission of fluorescence at an interface., Axelrod, D. and Hellen, E., Methods in Cell Biology, Vol. 30, Taylor, D. and Wang, Y. (eds), Academic Press, New York, 399-416 (1989).
• Total internal reflection intrinsic fluorescence (TIRIF) spectroscopy applied to protein adsorption., Hlady, V., Wagenen, R., and Andrade, J., Surface and Interfacial Properties of Biomedical Polymers, Vol. 2: Protein Adsorption, Andrade, J. (ed), Plenum Press, New York, 81-119 (1985).
• Total internal reflection fluorescence., Axelrod, D., Burghardt, T., and Thompson, N., Annual Review of Biophysics and Bioengineering: 13, 247-268 (1984).
• Total internal reflection fluorescent microscopy., Axelrod, D., Thompson, N., and Burghardt, T., Journal of Microscopy: 129, Part 1, 19-28 (1983).
• Plane surfaces and prisms., Jenkins, F. and White, H., Fundamentals of Optics, McGraw-Hill, New York 24-28 (1976).
• Monomolecular layers and light., Drexhage, K., Scientific American: 222, 108-119 (1970).

Original Research Reports

• Imaging constitutive exocytosis with total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy., Schmoranzer, J., Goulian, M., Axelrod, D., and Simon, S., Journal of Cell Biology: 149, 23-31 (2000).
• Transport, capture and exocytosis of single synaptic vesicles at active zones., Zenisek, D., Steyer, J., and Almers, W., Nature: 406, 849-854 (2000).
• Multiple stimulation-dependent processes regulate the size of the releasable pool of vesicles., Oheim, M., Loerke, D., Stuhmer, W., and Chow, R., Eur. Biophys. J.:28, 91-101 (1999).
• Simultaneous observation of individual ATPase and mechanical events by a single myosin molecule during interaction with actin., Ishijima, A., Kojima, H., Funatsu, T., Tokunaga, M., Higuchi, H., Tanaka, H., and Yanagida, T., Cell: 92, 161-171 (1998).
• The last few milliseconds in the life of a secretory granule. Docking, dynamics and fusion visualized by total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (TIRFM)., Oheim, M., Loerke, D., Stuhmer, W., and Chow, R., Eur. Biophys. J.: 27, 83-98 (1998).
• A simple optical configuration for depth-resolved imaging using variable-angle evanescent-wave microscopy., Oheim, M., Loerke, D., Preitz, B., and Stuhmer, W., Proc. Eur. Opt. Soc.: 3568 , 1-10 (1998).
• Quantitative variable-angle total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (VA-TIRFM) visualises dynamics of chromaffin granules with nanometer axial resolution., Oheim, M., Loerke, D., Chow, R., and Stuhmer, W., Biophys. Journal: 74, a96 (1998).
• Transport, docking and exocytosis of single secretory granules in live chromaffin cells., Steyer, J., Horstmann, H., and Almers, W., Nature: 388, 474-478 (1997).
• Refractive-index measurement based on the effects of total internal-reflection and the uses of heterodyne interferometry., Chiu, M., Lee, J., and Su, D., Appl. Opt.: 36, 2936-2939 (1997).
• Single molecule imaging of fluorophores and enzymatic reactions achieved by objective-type total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy., Tokunaga, M., Kitamura, K., Saito, K., Iwane, A., and Yanagida, T., Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications: 235, 47-53 (1997).
• Imaging exocytosis and endocytosis., Betz, W., and Mao, F., and Smith, C., Curr. Opin. Neurobiol.: 6, 365-371 (1996).
• Measurement method of the refractive-index of biotissue by total internal-reflection., Li, H. and Xie, S., Appl. Opt.: 35, 1793-1798 (1996).
• Cytoplasmic viscosity near the cell plasma membrane-translational diffusion of a small fluorescent solute measured by total internal reflection-fluorescence photobleaching recovery., Swaminathan, R., Bicknese, S., Periasamy, N., and Verkman, A., Biophys. J.: 71, 1140-1151 (1996).
• Cell volume measured by total internal reflection microfluorimetry: application to water and solute transport in cells transfected with water channel homologs., Farinas, J., Simanek, V., and Verkman, A., Biophs. J.: 68, 1613-1620 (1995).
• Quantitative analysis of variable-angle total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (VA-TIRFM) of cell-substrate contacts., Burmeister, J., Truskey, G., and Reichert, W., Journal of Microscopy: 173, 39-51 (1994).
• Total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (TIRFM) II. Topographical mapping of relative cell/substratum separation distances., Trunskey, G., Burmeister, J., Grapa, E., and Reichert, W., Journal of Cell Science: 103, 491-499 (1992).
• Delay in vesicle fusion revealed by electrochemical monitoring of single secretory events in adrenal chromaffin cells., Chow, R., Ruden, L., and Neher, E., Nature: 356, 60-63 (1992).
• Evidence from total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy for calcium-independent binding of prothrombin to negatively charged planar phospholipid membranes., Tendian, S., Lentz, B., and Thompson, N., Biochemistry: 30, 10991-10999 (1991).
• Binding of IgG to MoFcyRII purified and reconstituted into supported planar membranes as measured by total internal reflectance fluorescence microscopy., Poglitisch, C., Sumner, M., and Thompson, N., Biochemistry: 30, 6662-6671 (1991).
• Binding of proteins to specific target sites in membranes measured by total internal reflection of fluorescence microscopy., Kalb, E., Engel, J., and Tamm, L., Biochemistry: 29, 1607-1613 (1990).
• Total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy. 1. Modeling cell contact region fluorescence., Reichert, W. and Truskey, G., Journal of Cell Science: 96, 219-230 (1990).
• Absolute quantities and equilibrium kinetics of macromolecular adsorption measured by fluorescence photobleaching in total internal reflection., Zimmerman, R., Schmidt, C., and Gaub, H., J. Colloid Interfac. Sci.: 139, 268-280 (1990).
• Lateral diffusion of bovine serum albumin adsorbed at the solid-liquid interface., Tilton, R., Robertson, C., and Gast, A., J. Colloid Interface Sci.: 137, 192-203 (1990a).
• Interaction of antibodies with (F_c) receptors in substrate-supported planar membranes measured b total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy., Poglitsch, C. and Thompson, N., Biochemistry: 29, 248-254 (1990).
• Binding of a monoclonal antibody and its (F_ab) fragment to supported phospholipid monolayers measured by total internal reflectance fluorescence microscopy., Pisarchick, M. and Thompson, N., Biophysical Journal: 58, 6662-6671 (1990).
• Evanescent field excitation of fluorescence by epi-illumination microscopy., Stout, A. and Axelrod, D., Applied Optics: 28, 5237-5242 (1989).
• Mapping cell-glass contacts of dictyostelium amoebae by total internal reflection aqueous fluorescence overcomes a basic ambiguity of interference reflection microscopy., Todd, I., Melior, J., and Gingell, D., Journal of Cell Science: 89, 107-114 (1988).
• Fluorescence techniques for supported planar model membranes., Thompson, N., Palmer III, A., Wright, L., and Scarborough, P., Comments Mol. Cell Biophys.: 5, 109-131 (1988).
• Fluorescence emission at dielectric and metal-film interfaces., Hellen, E. and Axelrod, D., Journal of the Optical Society of America, B:4, 337-350 (1987).
• General electromagnetic theory of total internal reflection fluorescence: the quantitative basis for mapping cell-substratum topography., Gingell, D., Heavens, O., and Mellor, J., Journal of Cell Science: 87, 677-693 (1987).
• Fluorescence of absorbed protein layers: Quantitation of total internal reflection fluorescence., Hlady, V., Reinecke, D., and Andrade, J., J. Colloid Interface Science: 3, 555-569 (1986).
• Human haptoglobin adsorption by a total internal reflectance fluorescence method., Lowe, R., Hlady, V., Andrade, J., and van Wagenen, R., Biomaterials: 7, 41-44 (1986).
• Structural organization of interphase 3T3 fibroblasts studied by total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy., Lanni, F., Waggoner, A., and Taylor, D., Journal of Cell Biology: 100, 1091-1102 (1985).
• Topography of cell-glass apposition revealed by total internal reflection fluorescence of volume markers., Gingell, D., Todd, I., and Bailey, J., Journal of Cell Biology: 100, 1334-1338 (1985).
• Laminin binds specifically to sulfated glycolipids., Roberts, D., Rao, C., Magnani, J., Spitalnik, S., Liotta, L., and Ginsberg, V., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.: 82, 1306-1310 (1985).
• Topography of cell glass apposition revealed by total internal reflection fluorescence of volume markers., Gingell, D., Todd, I., and Bailey, J., Journal of Cell Biology: 100, 1334-1338 (1985).
• Effect of planar dielectric interfaces on fluorescence emission and detection: evanescent excitation with high aperture observation., Burghardt, T. and Thompson, N., Biophysical Journal: 46, 729-739 (1984).
• Evanescent intensity of a focused Gaussian light beam undergoing total internal reflection in a prism., Burghardt, T. and Thompson, N., Optical Engineering: 23, 62-67 (1984).
• Order in supported phospholipid monolayers detected by the dichrosim of fluorescence excited with polarized evanescent illumination, Thompson, N., McConnell, H., and Burghardt, T., Biophysical Journal: 46, 739-747 (1984).
• Total internal reflection fluorescence study of energy transfer in surface-absorbed and dissolved bovine serum albumin., Burghardt, T. and Axelrod, D., Biochemistry: 22, 979-985 (1983).
• Immunoglobulin surface-binding kinetics studied by total internal reflection with fluorescence correlations spectroscopy., Thompson, N. and Axelrod, D., Biophysical Journal: 43, 103-114 (1983).
• Cell-substrate contacts illuminated by total internal reflection fluorescence., Axelrod, D., Journal of Cell Biology: 89, 141-145 (1981).
• Measuring surface dynamics of biomolecules by total internal reflection fluorescence with photobleaching recovery or correlation spectroscopy., Thompson, N., Burghardt, T., and Axelrod, D., Biophysical Journal: 33, 433-454 (1981).
• Total internal reflection/fluorescence photobleaching recovery study of serum-albumin absorption dynamics., Burghardt, T. and Axelrod, D., Biophys. Journal: 33, 455-467 (1981).
• Interference reflection microscopy: A quantitative theory for image interpretation and its application to cell-substratum separation measurement., Gingell, D. and Todd, I., Biophys. Journal: 26, 507-526 (1979).
• Interaction of hemoglobin with red blood cell membranes as shown by fluorescent chromophore., Shaklai, N., Yguerabide, J., and Ranney, H., Biochemistry: 16, 5585-5592 (1977).
• A total internal-reflectance technique for the examination of protein adsorption., Watkins, I. and Robertson, C., J. Biomed. Mater. Res.: 11, 915-938 (1977).
• A new immunoassay based on fluorescence excitation by internal reflectance spectroscopy., Kronick, M. and Little, W., J. Immunol. Meth.: 8, 235-240 (1975).
• Multiple internal reflection fluorescence spectrometry., Harrick, N. and Loeb, F., Anal. Chem.: 45, 687-691 (1973).
• Effective thickness of bulk materials and of thin films for internal reflection spectroscopy., Harrick, N. and du Pre, F., Applied Optics: 5, 1739-1743 (1966).
• Electric field strengths at totally reflecting interfaces., Harrick, N., J. Opt. Soc, Am.: 55, 851-857 (1965).
• The mechanism of cell adhesion to glass, a study by interference reflection microscopy., Curtis, A., Journal of Cell Biology: 20, 199 (1964).
• Intermolecular energy migration and fluorescence., Forster, T., Ann. Phys.: 2, 55-75 (1948).
• Surface density determination in membranes by fluorescence energy transfer., Fung, B. and Stryer, L., Biochemistry: 17, (1948).