Light microscopy of organized monolayers
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The presence of a probe molecule is not required in Brewster angle microscopy (BAt\1) [5,6J. This technique is based on the fact that p-polarized light is not reflected at an interface when incident under the Brewster angle, which is about 53" for the air/water interface when using Address Max-Planck-Institut fUr biophysikalische Chemie, Postfach 2841, D-37018 Gottinqen, Germany; e-mail: [email protected]
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