Improved tip performance for scanning near-field optical microscopy by the attachment of a single gold nanoparticle

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 76, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 2134-2136

  Sqalli, O ^a   Bernal, M P ^a   Hoffmann, P ^a   Marquis Weible, F ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0000154943     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.126277     Document Type: Article

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