Soft X-ray microscopy with a cryo scanning transmission X-ray microscope: I. Instrumentation, imaging and spectroscopy

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 68-79

  Maser, J ^a,c   Osanna, A ^a   Wang, Y ^a   Jacobsen, C ^a   Kirz, J ^a   Spector, S ^a,b   Winn, B ^a   Tennant, D ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryo microscopy; Frozen hydrated; Soft X ray microscopy; Spectromicroscopy; Synchrotron radiation; Zone plate

Indexed keywords

HYDRATION; LIGHT SOURCES; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SYNCHROTRONS; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAY MICROSCOPES;

CRYO MICROSCOPY; CRYO-SCANNING; FROZEN HYDRATED; NATIONAL SYNCHROTRON LIGHT SOURCES; SOFT X-RAY; SOFT X-RAY MICROSCOPY; SPECTRA'S; SPECTROMICROSCOPY; X RAY MICROSCOPY; ZONE PLATES;

SYNCHROTRON RADIATION;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROSCOPE; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCHROTRON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0033984979     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2000.00630.x     Document Type: Article

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