Super-resolution fluorescence imaging of single dye molecules in thin polymer films

Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1423-1426

  Bopp, M A ^a,b   Tarrach, G ^a   Lieb, M A ^a   Meixner, A J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; DETECTION EFFICIENCY; DYE MOLECULE; EXCITATION POWER; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; GLOBAL BEHAVIORS; HIGH SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; LOCAL STRUCTURE; NEAR-FIELD; PHOTODESTRUCTION; SCANNING NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SINGLE DYE MOLECULES; SUPER RESOLUTION; THIN POLYMER FILMS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL POLYMER STRUCTURES;

FADING (RADIO); MECHANICAL STABILITY; MOLECULES; NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PLASTIC FILMS; PROBES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

POLYMER FILMS;

EID: 0013378753     PISSN: 07342101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1116/1.580554     Document Type: Article

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