scholarly journals Very high resolution chemical imaging with Infrared Scanning Near-field Optical Microscopy (IR-SNOM)

2004 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 17-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dušan Vobornik ◽  
Giorgio Margaritondo ◽  
Slavenka Vobornik ◽  
Peter Thielen ◽  
Renato Generosi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Optical Microscopy ◽  
Near Field ◽  
Chemical Imaging ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Pancreatic Cells ◽  
Essential Components ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Boron Nitride Films ◽  
Vanderbilt University ◽  
Very High

In this paper we present chemically highly resolved images obtained with Scanning Near-field Optical Microscopy (SNOM) coupled with an Infrared (IR) Free Electron Laser (FEL) at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA. Main principles governing SNOM imaging as well as essential components of the experimental setup are described. Chemically resolved images showing the distribution of different phases within the boron-nitride films are presented. Universal character of the experiment and its huge potential applications in biophysics and medical sciences domain are illustrated with highly resolved SNOM images of pancreatic cells.

scholarly journals Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscopy

2008 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dušan Vobornik ◽  
Slavenka Vobornik
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Structure ◽  
Chemical Composition ◽  
Optical Microscopy ◽  
Temporal Resolution ◽  
Dynamic Properties ◽  
Near Field ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Human Eye ◽  
Nano Structures

An average human eye can see details down to 0,07 mm in size. The ability to see smaller details of the matter is correlated with the development of the science and the comprehension of the nature. Today’s science needs eyes for the nano-world. Examples are easily found in biology and medical sciences. There is a great need to determine shape, size, chemical composition, molecular structure and dynamic properties of nano-structures. To do this, microscopes with high spatial, spectral and temporal resolution are required. Scanning Near-field Optical Microscopy (SNOM) is a new step in the evolution of microscopy. The conventional, lens-based microscopes have their resolution limited by diffraction. SNOM is not subject to this limitation and can offer up to 70 times better resolution.

Political psychology

2013 ◽  
Vol 154 (16) ◽  
pp. 619-626
Author(s):  
Mária Resch ◽  
Tamás Bella
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Political Psychology ◽  
Group Dynamics ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Cognitive Mapping ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
Behavioural Patterns ◽  
Essential Components ◽  
History Of

In Hungary one can mostly find references to the psychological processes of politics in the writings of publicists, public opinion pollsters, philosophers, social psychologists, and political analysts. It would be still important if not only legal scientists focusing on political institutions or sociologist-politologists concentrating on social structures could analyse the psychological aspects of political processes; but one could also do so through the application of the methods of political psychology. The authors review the history of political psychology, its position vis-à-vis other fields of science and the essential interfaces through which this field of science, which is still to be discovered in Hungary, connects to other social sciences. As far as its methodology comprising psycho-biographical analyses, questionnaire-based queries, cognitive mapping of interviews and statements are concerned, it is identical with the psychiatric tools of medical sciences. In the next part of this paper, the focus is shifted to the essence and contents of political psychology. Group dynamics properties, voters’ attitudes, leaders’ personalities and the behavioural patterns demonstrated by them in different political situations, authoritativeness, games, and charisma are all essential components of political psychology, which mostly analyses psychological-psychiatric processes and also involves medical sciences by relying on cognitive and behavioural sciences. This paper describes political psychology, which is basically part of social sciences, still, being an interdisciplinary science, has several ties to medical sciences through psychological and psychiatric aspects. Orv. Hetil., 2013, 154, 619–626.

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