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    • Super-resolution imaging
    • Soft matter physics

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    • Structured illumination microscopy (SIM) provides super-resolution imaging by using patterned light.
    • Digital micromirror devices (DMDs) offer high-speed, cost-effective pattern generation for SIM.
    • DMDs exhibit wavelength-dependent angular dispersion, limiting multicolor SIM applications.

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    • To develop a multicolor SIM setup using DMDs.
    • To overcome the dispersion limitations of DMDs in multicolor imaging.
    • To demonstrate multicolor super-resolution imaging of biological samples.

    Main Methods:

    • Developed a multi-color SIM system incorporating a DMD.
    • Employed a diffraction grating to compensate for DMD-induced wavelength dispersion.
    • Imaged fluorescent beads and live cells using four color channels.

    Main Results:

    • Successfully demonstrated multicolor super-resolution imaging with the developed DMD-SIM setup.
    • Achieved high-quality SIM images across four distinct color channels.
    • Validated the system's performance on both standard calibration samples and live biological specimens.

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    • A diffraction grating effectively compensates for DMD dispersion in multicolor SIM.
    • The developed setup enables robust multicolor super-resolution imaging.
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