This article presents a simple and practical means to produce rare-earth-based
nanostructures, as well as a combined characterization of structure and optical properties in …

We have developed a scanning near-field optical microscope that uses a subwavelength-
sized silica sphere covered with Cd Se∕ Zn S quantum dots as a fluorescent optical …

This work reports probing the Moiré effect directly at the nanometer scale via near-field
scanning optical microscopy (NSOM). Periodic metal nanostructures of Au and Cu have …

An atomic force microscopy (AFM) tip has been coated with photoluminescent Eu 3+-doped
Gd 2 O 3 nanorods using a dielectrophoresis technique, which preserves the red emission …

This thesis investigates the microfabrication of silicon tips for Scanning Probe Microscopy.
First, a microfabrication process was developed to produce silicon tips over 100 um height …

The utility of light in science and engineering is unquestionable, yet it faces a severe
limitation as the size of many objects of interest has shrunk below the wavelength of light …