Photothermal imaging of nanometer-sized metal particles among scatterers

Science

Volumn 297, Issue 5584, 2002, Pages 1160-1163

  Boyer, David ^a   Tamarat, Philippe ^a   Maali, Abdelhamid ^a   Lounis, Brahim ^a   Orrit, Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYES; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GOLD; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; POLARIZATION; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING;

PHOTOTHERMAL IMAGING;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

COLLOIDAL GOLD; FLUORESCENT DYE; NANOPARTICLE;

IMAGING METHOD; SCATTERING;

ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEAT TRANSFER; PARTICLE SIZE; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 0037119610     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1073765     Document Type: Article

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