Near-field probing of vibrational absorption for chemical microscopy

Nature

Volumn 399, Issue 6732, 1999, Pages 134-137

  Knoll, B ^a   Keilmann, F ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SPECTROSCOPY; VIBRATION;

EID: 0033551356     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/20154     Document Type: Article

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