title: Localized surface plasmon microscopy of submicron domain structures of mixed lipid bilayers.
abstract: We propose scanning localized surface plasmon microscopy of mixed lipid bilayers with submicron domain structures. Our observation technique, which employs localized surface plasmons excited on a flat metal surface as a sensing probe, provides non-label and non-contact imaging with the spatial resolution of ∼ 170 nm. We experimentally show that submicron domain structures of mixed lipid bilayers can be observed. A detailed analysis finds that the domains are classified into two groups.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Measurement Technology, CEMIS-OULU, University of Oulu, PO Box 51, 87101 Kajaani,  Finland.
authors.forename: Koyo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Ryosuke
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: Goro
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Terakado
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okazaki
authors.forename: Kenichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Morigaki
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kano