Results and thoughts on optical microscopy using a single-molecule probe

Single Molecules

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 277-281

  Sandoghdar, V ^a,b   Michaelis, J ^a,c   Hettich, C ^a   Schmitt, C ^a,d   Zitzmann, J ^a,b   Kuhn S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TERPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR PROBE; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; OPTICS; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0035690102     PISSN: 14385163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1438-5171(200112)2:4<277::AID-SIMO277>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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