Chemically resolved imaging of biological cells and thin films by infrared scanning near-field optical microscopy

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 2705-2710

  Cricenti, Antonio ^a   Generosi, Renato ^a   Luce, Marco ^a   Perfetti, Paolo ^a   Margaritondo, Giorgio ^b   Talley, David ^c   Sanghera, Jas S ^c   Aggarwal, Ishwar D ^c   Tolk, Norman H ^d   Congiu Castellano, Agostina ^e   Rizzo, Megan A ^f   Piston, David W ^d,f  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^f VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFRACTION; FILM; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SCANNING NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 12444255112     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)74693-1     Document Type: Article

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