New possibilities for materials science with STED microscopy

Micron

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 583-588

  Busko, Dmitry ^a   Baluschev, Stanislav ^a   Crespy, Daniel ^a   Turshatov, Andrey ^a   Landfester, Katharina ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Microscopy; STED microscopy

Indexed keywords

CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; MATERIALS SCIENCE; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION;

STIMULATED EMISSION;

EID: 84858153326     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2011.10.003     Document Type: Review

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