Under the microscope [[electronic resource] ] : a brief history of microscopy / / William J. Croft

• Autore: Croft William J
• Pubblicazione: Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (153 p.)
• Disciplina: 502/.82
• Soggetto topico: Microscopy - History; Optics - History
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Foreword; Contents; Chapter I Light and the Ancient Greeks; Chapter II Early Microscopies; Chapter III Early Microscopists; Chapter IV Polarized Light and Crystals; Chapter V The Polarizing Microscope; Chapter VI Reflected Light Microscopy; Chapter VII Particles and Waves; Chapter VIII The Electron Microscope; Interactions with Matter; Biology; Resolution; Electron Diffraction; Endnote; Chapter IX The Scanning Electron Microscope; The Electron Source; The Lens System; The Electron Collector; The Image; Backscattered Electrons (BSEs); Environmental SEM; Microlithography ; Chapter X Chemical Composition from MicroscopyOptical Microscopy; Electrons Atoms and X-Rays; EPMA; X-Ray Detection; Qualitative Analysis; Quantitative Analysis; Elemental Mapping; Materials; Chapter XI Scanning Probe Microscopies; Scanning Probe Microscopes (SPM); Scanning Near Field Optical Microscopy (SNOM); Confocal Microscopy; Chapter XII Acoustic Microscopy; Imaging; Microscopy; Chapter XIII Future Microscopies; Further Reading; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This is a brief history of the development of microscopy, from the use of beads and water droplets in ancient Greece, through the simple magnifying glass, to the modern compound microscope. The technology and optical theory are developed in a straightforward manner, and this leads to a description and explanation of the most modern technologies in electron microscopy, and scanning electron microscopy as well as the new scanning probe microscopies. A series of very interesting applications of the various microscopic techniques are described. The most recent pioneering techniques in near field a
• Titolo autorizzato: Under the microscope
• ISBN: 1-281-92786-4; 9786611927868; 981-277-490-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784823103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Series in popular science ; ; v. 5.