Advances in the hyperlens

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 2618-2624

  Ma, Chang Bao ^a   Aguinaldo, Ryan ^a   Liu, Zhao Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

hyperlens; microscopy; super resolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955819611     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-010-4014-6     Document Type: Review

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