title: Nanoscale optical imaging by atomic force infrared microscopy.
abstract: This review outlines progress in atomic force infrared microscopy, reviewing the methodology and its application in nanoscale infrared absorption imaging of both biological and functional materials, including an outline of where this emerging method has been applied to image cellular systems in aqueous environments.
authors.affiliation: School of Physics, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland. james.rice@ucd.ie
authors.forename: James H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Rice
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000166:cytology; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force / Q000379:methods*; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry; D045663:Quantum Dots
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers