Operation of a wet near-field scanning  optical microscope in stable zones by  minimizing the resonance change of  tuning forks.
A resonant shift and a decrease of resonance quality of a tuning fork attached to a conventional fiber optic probe in the vicinity of liquid is monitored systematically while varying the protrusion length and immersion depth of the probe. Stable zones where the resonance modification as a function of immersion depth is minimized are observed. A wet near-field scanning optical microscope (wet-NSOM) is operated for a sample within water by using such a stable zone.
Kyoung-Duck
KD
Park
Doo Jae
DJ
Park
Seung Gol
SG
Lee
Geunchang
G
Choi
Dai-Sik
DS
Kim
Clare Chisu
CC
Byeon
Soo Bong
SB
Choi
Mun Seok
MS
Jeong
D003198:Computer Simulation; D004867:Equipment Design; D008853:Microscopy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D020527:Microscopy, Scanning Probe / Q000295:instrumentation; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D009991:Oscillometry; D012984:Software; D013499:Surface Properties; D014732:Vibration; D014783:Viscosity; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
D014867:Water