Enhanced light collection in fluorescence microscopy using self-assembled micro-reflectors

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Göröcs, Zoltán ^a   McLeod, Euan ^a   Ozcan, Aydogan ^a,b  

^a Engineering IV   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL 1000;

CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL;

MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

EID: 84935013300     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep10999     Document Type: Article

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