Near field optical investigations of Langmuir-Blodgett monolayers in liquid environment

Langmuir

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 3427-3432

  Vaccaro, L ^a   Schmid, E L ^b   Ulrich, W P ^b   Vogel, H ^b   Duschl, C ^b   Marquis Weible, F ^a  

^a Institut d'Optique Appliquee   (Switzerland)

^b Lab Chim Phys Polymeres Membranes   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; BIOFILMS; CONDENSATION; FLUORESCENCE; MONOLAYERS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SOLUTIONS; WATER;

NEAR FIELD FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY;

LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILMS;

EID: 0033877828     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la990956r     Document Type: Article

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