near-field scanning optical microscopy

initialism: NSOM
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.09543
Microscopy applied to the investigation of nanostructures that breaks the farfield resolution limit by exploiting the properties of evanescent waves.
Note: NSOM can be used to make nanopatterns.
Source:
PAC, 2020, 92, 1861. (Terminology of polymers in advanced lithography (IUPAC Recommendations 2020)) on page 1881 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'near-field scanning optical microscopy' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.09543 RIS BibTex EndNote
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