Analysis of carbon film planarity by reflection light microscopy

Ultramicroscopy

Volumn 63, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 263-272

  Schmutz, Marc ^a   Brisson, Alain ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

carbon films; electron microscopy; low temperature; mica; nitrocellulose; reflection light microscopy; wrinkling

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRON REFLECTION; MACROMOLECULES; NITROCELLULOSE;

BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES; CARBON COATED GRIDS; CARBON FILMS; CRYOINDUCED WRINKLING; ELECTRON CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; NITROCELLULOSE FILMS; REFLECTION LIGHT MICROSCOPY;

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CARBON; PYROXYLIN;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MICA;

EID: 0030199093     PISSN: 03043991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3991(96)00044-7     Document Type: Article

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