Near-field microscopy: Throwing light on the nanoworld

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 361, Issue 1813, 2003, Pages 2843-2857

  Richards, David ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Light emitting polymers; Nano optics; Optical microscopy; Scanning near field optical microscopy (SNOM)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348233801     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2003.1282     Document Type: Review

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