Why use a lens to build a light microscope when you can see better without one? State-of-the-art optical microscopy techniques that avoid the usual limitations associated with lenses are making waves in unexpected areas of materials science.
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*The Seventh International Conference on Near-Field Optics and Related Techniques Rochester, New York, USA, 11–15 August 2002.
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Higgins, D. Optics up close and personal. Nature Mater 1, 83–85 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat731
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