High-resolution backscatter electron imaging of colloidal gold in LVSEM

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 211, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 212-218

  Erlandsen, Stanley ^a   Chen, Y ^a   Frethem, C ^a   Detry, J ^b   Wells, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HONEYWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

BSE imaging; Colloidal gold; Contamination; Detector threshold; ExB detector; Low voltage FESEM; YAG detector

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; BACKSCATTERING; CELL MEMBRANES; COATED MATERIALS; COLLOIDS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES;

BACKSCATTER ELECTRON IMAGING; COLLOIDAL GOLD; DETECTOR THRESHOLD; EXB DETECTOR; HIGH RESOLUTION; LOW VOLTAGES; LOW-VOLTAGE FESEM; SECONDARY ELECTRONS; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET DETECTOR;

YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

CERIUM; GOLD; PLATINUM;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC PARTICLE; BACKSCATTER ELECTRON IMAGING; CELL SURFACE; COLLOID; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTILLATION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 0041410011     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2003.01218.x     Document Type: Article

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