Scanning (atomic) force microscopy imaging of earthworm haemoglobin calibrated with spherical colloidal gold particles

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-53

  Xu, S ^a   Arnsdorf, M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Colloidal gold; Quantitative imaging; Scanning probe microscopy; Tip geometry

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COLLOIDS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PROTEINS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY;

ATOMIC-FORCE-MICROSCOPY; COLLOIDAL GOLD; EFFECTIVE HEIGHT; HAEMOGLOBINS; LATERAL DIMENSION; QUANTITATIVE IMAGING; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCANNING-PROBE MICROSCOPY; TIP GEOMETRY; TOP VIEWS;

MOLECULES;

AMMONIUM ACETATE; COLLOIDAL GOLD; HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CALIBRATION; EARTHWORM; MACROMOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 0030860674     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1997.1920753.x     Document Type: Article

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