Systematic variation of polymer jacketed fibres and the effects on tip etching dynamics

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 334-339

  Wei, P K ^a,b   Chen, Y C ^a   Kuo, H L ^b  

^a ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chemically etching method; Fibre jacket; NSOM; Tapered fibre probe

Indexed keywords

ELASTOMERS; ETCHING; PLASTICS; PROBES;

CHEMICALLY ETCHING METHOD; ETCHED FIBERS; ETCHING METHOD; FIBER JACKET; FIBRE PROBE; LATERAL DIFFUSION; SIMPLE++; SYSTEMATIC VARIATION; TAPERED FIBER; TAPERED FIBER PROBE;

FIBERS;

PLASTIC; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; DYNAMICS; GEOMETRY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMICS; VIBRATION;

EID: 0038678015     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2003.01167.x     Document Type: Article

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