%0 Journal Article %1 Ausserre2006 %A Ausserré, Dominique %A Valignat, Marie-Pierre %D 2006 %I American Chemical Society %J Nano Letters %K microscopy surface %N 7 %P 1384–1388 %R 10.1021/nl060353h %T Wide-Field Optical Imaging of Surface Nanostructures %V 6 %X We present a new technique that increases the sensitivity of incoherent light optical microscopy to a point where it becomes possible to directly visualize ultrathin films (nanometers) and isolated nano-objects. The technique is based on the use of nonreflecting substrate surfaces for cross-polarized reflected light microscopy. These surfaces generate a contrast enhancement of about 2 orders of magnitude, extending the application field of wide-field optical microscopy toward the nanoworld. The efficiency of the method is proven experimentally on well-characterized samples. Wide-field imaging of a nonlabeled λ-DNA molecule is also presented.

@article{Ausserre2006, abstract = {We present a new technique that increases the sensitivity of incoherent light optical microscopy to a point where it becomes possible to directly visualize ultrathin films (nanometers) and isolated nano-objects. The technique is based on the use of nonreflecting substrate surfaces for cross-polarized reflected light microscopy. These surfaces generate a contrast enhancement of about 2 orders of magnitude, extending the application field of wide-field optical microscopy toward the nanoworld. The efficiency of the method is proven experimentally on well-characterized samples. Wide-field imaging of a nonlabeled λ-DNA molecule is also presented.}, added-at = {2013-03-11T16:09:08.000+0100}, author = {Ausserré, Dominique and Valignat, Marie-Pierre}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2811632f024b892bc0be18a00f9a0fe36/quantentunnel}, day = 21, doi = {10.1021/nl060353h}, groups = {public}, interhash = {580e25a9696f16bef246ff5c01088638}, intrahash = {7c413ce2ddc651add8ae54c09104056a}, journal = {Nano Letters}, keywords = {microscopy surface}, month = {June}, number = 7, pages = {1384–1388}, publisher = {American Chemical Society}, timestamp = {2013-05-21T12:05:30.000+0200}, title = {Wide-Field Optical Imaging of Surface Nanostructures}, username = {quantentunnel}, volume = 6, year = 2006 }