Single-molecule analysis of ultradilute solutions with guided streams of 1-μm water droplets

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1481-1487

  Yi Kung, Chung ^a   Barnes, Michael D ^a   Lermer, Noah ^a   Whitten, William B ^a   Ramsey, J Michael ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0000723398     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.001481     Document Type: Article

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