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The Invention of Immersion Ultramicroscopy in 1912—The Birth of Nanotechnology?
Author(s) -
Mappes Timo,
Jahr Norbert,
Csaki Andrea,
Vogler Nadine,
Popp Jürgen,
Fritzsche Wolfgang
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201204688
Subject(s) - immersion (mathematics) , nanotechnology , materials science , mathematics , geometry
Dawn of nanotechnology : The immersion ultramicroscope was patented a century ago. When an analyte was examined with an antique instrument and with state‐of‐the‐art technology, the historic assumptions were confirmed: the size and shape of the nanoparticles are in the same range as that described 100 years ago. The spectra of the Tyndall cones caused by the shape of the nanoparticles were also described correctly—long before electron microscopy was able to image single nanoparticles.