Apertureless near-field optical microscopy of metallic nanoparticles

Ultramicroscopy

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 109-123

  Pack, A ^a   Grill, W ^b   Wannemacher, R ^b  

^a ROBERT BOSCH GMBH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PLASMA PROBES;

METALLIC NANOPARTICLES;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

METAL DERIVATIVE; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIPOLE; IMAGE DISPLAY; POLARIZATION; SCANNING NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THEORY;

EID: 0037294340     PISSN: 03043991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3991(02)00248-6     Document Type: Article

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