water dipping objective

A type of specialized objective that is designed to be directly immersed in an aqueous sample medium for observation without a coverslip. They often feature nose cones made from chemically inert and electrically insulating materials such as ceramic.

See also: water immersion objective , immersion objective , objective lens , immersion medium , mounting medium , coverslip , electrophysiology , light sheet fluorescence microscopy , refractive index

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Water Immersion Objectives

Highly corrected objectives introduced for applications involving living cells and tissues.