Fluorescence imaging and spectroscopy of biomaterials in air and liquid by scanning near-field optical/atomic force microscopy

Scanning Microscopy

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 975-982

  Muramatsu, H ^a   Chiba, N ^a   Nakajima, K ^a   Ataka, T ^a   Fujihira, M ^b   Hitomi, J ^a   Ushiki, T ^c  

^a SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actin filaments; Atomic force microscopy; Biomaterials; Chromium; Fluorescence imaging; Keratin filaments; Scanning near field optical microscopy

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALUMINUM; BIOMATERIAL; CHROMIUM; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; GOLD; KERATIN; PHALLOIDIN; TRITON X 100;

ACTIN FILAMENT; AIR; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CANCER CELL CULTURE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIQUID; MATERIAL STATE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPY;

ACTINS; AIR; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHROMIUM; CYTOSKELETON; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FLUORESCEIN; HUMANS; KERATINS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; WATER;

EID: 0030561673     PISSN: 08917035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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