Low-temperature electron microscopy for the study of polysaccharide ultrastructures in hydrogels. I. Theoretical and technical considerations

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 243-252

  Serp, D ^a   Mueller, M ^b   Von Stockar, U ^a   Marison, I W ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alginate; Cryo fixation; High pressure freezing (HPF); Scanning and transmission electron microscopy (SEM, TEM)

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROGELS; LOW TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; POLYSACCHARIDES; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); THERMOCOUPLES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

HIGH-PRESSURE FREEZING (HPF) TECHNIQUE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; LIQUID NITROGEN; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROPANE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CRYOPROTECTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FREEZING; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROGEL; HYPERBARISM; LOW TEMPERATURE; QUALITY CONTROL; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; THICKNESS;

ALGINATES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYOPRESERVATION; ETHANOL; FREEZING; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HYDROGELS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; POLYSACCHARIDES; PRESSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

EID: 0037026224     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.10286     Document Type: Article

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