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
