Scanning near-field optical microscopy of a cell membrane in liquid

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 288-293

  Hoppener C ^a   Molenda, D ^a   Fuchs, H ^a   Naber, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell membrane; Fluorescence microscopy; Force distance control; Liquid environment; Near field optics; Nuclear envelope; Nuclear pore complex; Scanning near field optical microscopy; Short fibre probe; Tapping mode

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; PROBES;

DISTANCE CONTROL; FIBRE PROBE; FORCE DISTANCE CONTROL; LIQUID ENVIRONMENT; NEAR FIELD OPTICS; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEXES; SCANNING NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SHORT FIBER; SHORT FIBER PROBE; TAPPING MODES;

FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY;

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; WATER;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; EVAPORATION; FORCE; LIQUID; MATERIALS; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SENSOR;

EID: 0038001510     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2003.01147.x     Document Type: Article

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