Active bimorph-based tapping-mode distance control for scanning near-field optical microscopy of biological samples in liquid

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Lei, F H ^a   Huang, L ^a   Piot, O ^a   Trussardi, A ^a   Manfait, M ^a   Shang, G ^a   Troyon, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; LIQUIDS; NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES;

EIGENFREQUECY; OPTICAL BACKGROUND; QULAITY FACTORS; TAPPING MODE DISTANCE CONTROL;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 33750512211     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2358839     Document Type: Article

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