Surface plasmon optical characterization of lipid monolayers at 5 μm lateral resolution
- 15 April 1990
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 67 (8) , 3572-3575
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.345307
Abstract
Surface plasmon microscopic pictures recorded as a function of the angle of incidence of the coupling laser beam can be quantitatively evaluated and yield optical thicknesses of ultrathin coatings with an areal resolution of 5×5 μm2. This is demonstrated for a lipid monolayer transferred to a solid support in its phase transition region. The coexisting amorphous and crystalline domains can be analyzed simultaneously.This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
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