Combined far-field, near-field and topographic imaging of nano-engineered polyelectrolyte capsules

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Nano-engineered polyelectrolyte capsules (NPCs) were investigated using a multimodal approach based on Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy, scattering-type Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscopy and Atomic Force Microscopy. Our experiment demonstrates that correlating optical information collected with far-field and near-field techniques to topographic data holds significant potential for gaining new insights on the structure of NPCs assembled with layer-by-layer strategies.

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