Near-field focusing and magnification through self-assembled nanoscale spherical lenses

Nature

Volumn 460, Issue 7254, 2009, Pages 498-501

  Lee, Ju Young ^a   Hong, Byung Hee ^a,b   Kim, Woo Youn ^a   Min, Seung Kyu ^a   Kim, Yukyung ^a   Jouravlev, Mikhail V ^a   Bose, Ranojoy ^c   Kim, Keun Soo ^b   Hwang, In Chul ^a   Kaufman, Laura J ^d   Wong, Chee Wei ^c   Kim, Philip ^d   Kim, Kwang S ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^c Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science   (United States)

^d Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOMATERIAL;

DIFFRACTION; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGING METHOD; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT; OPTICAL METHOD;

ARTICLE; DIFFRACTION; FILM; GEOMETRY; LENS; LIGHT; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; LIGHT INTENSITY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULE; NANOANALYSIS; NANOIMAGING; NANOSENSOR; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION INDEX; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCANNING NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SPECTRUM; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 67749116086     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08173     Document Type: Article

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