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microscopy

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microscopy
1. the study, design, and manufacture of microscopes
2. investigation by use of a microscope

microscopy [mī′kräs·kə·pē]
(optics)
The interpretive application of microscope magnification to the study of materials that cannot be properly seen by the unaided eye.


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The technique is compatible with fiberoptic catheters that are threaded through blood vessels and other openings to enable doctors to perform microscopy inside patients' bodies.
American Scientific Publishers (ASP; Stevenson Ranch, CA) has launched "Journal of Scanning Probe Microscopy," a new quarterly journal that covers all forms of scanning probe microscopy (SPM), one of the driving forces behind the rapid development of nanoscience and nanotechnology.
In order to arrive at this conclusion, the company used two main analytical techniques to examine the defect region, including optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy, coupled with energy dispersive spectroscopy.
 
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