{"id":1455,"date":"2023-04-27T08:00:35","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T13:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/?p=1455"},"modified":"2023-08-07T15:16:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T20:16:29","slug":"a-low-cost-confocal-microscope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/2023-presentations\/a-low-cost-confocal-microscope\/","title":{"rendered":"A low cost confocal microscope"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Antonio Reguilon<\/strong> Physics, Spanish Minor<br><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Erik Brekke <\/strong>Associate Professor of Physics<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Poster-presentation-NCUR.png\" alt=\"poster\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Poster-presentation-NCUR.png\">View Poster<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Abstract<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We demonstrate a simple and cost-efficient scanning confocal microscope setup for use in advanced physics laboratories. Designed from convenient commercial products, the implementation a 3D printed flexure stage allows for further cost reduction. Experiments exploring the thickness of a microscope slide and the surface of solid objects with height variation are presented as foundational components of undergraduate laboratory projects and demonstrate the accuracy of the setup on the micron scale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Antonio Reguilon Physics, Spanish Minor Erik Brekke Associate Professor of Physics View Poster Abstract We demonstrate a simple and cost-efficient scanning confocal microscope setup for use in advanced physics laboratories. Designed from convenient commercial products, the implementation a 3D printed flexure stage allows for further cost reduction. Experiments exploring the thickness of a microscope slide [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[10,35,20],"class_list":["post-1455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2023-presentations","tag-biology","tag-other","tag-poster","has-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1455"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1554,"href":"https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1455\/revisions\/1554"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}