A new technique for preparing biominerals for atomic-force microscopy

Protoplasma

Volumn 204, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 34-37

  Egerton Warburton, L M ^a   Huntington, S T ^a   Mulvaney, P ^a   Griffin, B J ^b   Wetherbee, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Biominerals; Cleaving

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMINERAL; CHEMICAL FIXATION; IMAGING; MINERALIZATION; RESIN;

EID: 0031796753     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01282291     Document Type: Article

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