Near-field fluorescence and topography characterization of a single nanometre fluorophore by apertureless tip-enhanced scanning near-field microscopy

Chinese Physics Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2525-2528

  Wu, Xiao Bin ^a   Wang, Jia ^a   Xu, Ji Ying ^a   Wang, Rui ^a   Tian, Qian ^a   Yu, Jian Yuan ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROPHORES; IMAGE RESOLUTION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SCANNING;

APERTURELESS SCANNING; ENHANCED EFFECTS; NANOMETRES; NEAR-FIELD FLUORESCENCE; RESOLUTION CAPABILITY; SCANNING NEAR FIELD MICROSCOPY; SCANNING NEAR-FIELD MICROSCOPY SYSTEMS; SIGNAL ENHANCEMENT; SINGLE MOLECULE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 36348932696     PISSN: 0256307X     EISSN: 17413540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/24/9/017     Document Type: Article

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