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VISIBLE LIGHT MICROSCOPE [1 record]

Record 1 2014-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Instruments
  • Optical Instruments
CONT

The invention of the visible-light microscope late in the 16th century introduced a previously unknown realm of single-cell plants and animals.

CONT

The many stages in the development and life cycle of Plasmodium are difficult to visualize with a visible light microscope and require fixation, coating, and sectioning procedures for electron microscopy.

PHR

Bright field visible light microscope.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments scientifiques
  • Instruments d'optique
CONT

Diminution de la longueur d'onde. Microphotographie. Le pouvoir séparateur peut être amélioré en réduisant la longueur d'onde de la lumière. Il n'est pas possible de réduire la longueur d'onde dans le cas d'un microscope à lumière visible.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instrumentos científicos
  • Instrumentos ópticos
CONT

[Los] cristales [de lípidos] están formados por múltiples capas de fosfolípidos, colesterol y agua. En el microscopio de luz visible se ven como pequeñas burbujas de color verdoso.

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