Electron microscopy of mammalian cells in the absence of fixing, freezing, dehydration, or specimen coating

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Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 181-184

  Stokes, D J ^a   Rea, S M ^b   Best, S M ^b   Bonfield, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental scanning electron microscopy; Kinetics; Osmotic pressure; Osteoblast like cells; Thermodynamics; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DEHYDRATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PARTIAL PRESSURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

MAMMALIAN CELLS;

CELLS;

BIOMATERIAL; CARBON;

ARTICLE; CELL KINETICS; COOLING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FREEZING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMIDITY; HYDRATION; MAMMAL CELL; NATURAL SCIENCE; OSTEOBLAST; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0041589649     PISSN: 01610457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sca.4950250404     Document Type: Article

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