Cryo-Sectioning and Chemical-Fixing Ultramicrotomy Techniques for Imaging Rubber Latex Particle Morphology

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 111-114

  Subramaniam, Nadaraja ^a   Simpson, Anne ^a   Monteiro, Michael J ^a   Shaffer, Olga ^b   Fellows, Christopher M ^a   Gilbert, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emulsion polymerization; Natural rubber latex; Particle morphology; TEM

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSION POLYMERIZATION; EPOXY RESINS; ESTERS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; RUBBER;

BIOLOGICAL MICROSCOPY; LATEX PARTICLE MORPHOLOGIES; LATEX PARTICLES; NATURAL RUBBER LATEX; NEW APPLICATIONS; OSMIUM TETROXIDE; PARTICLE MORPHOLOGIES; RUBBER LATEXES; TEM; ULTRA-MICROTOMY;

LATEXES;

GLUTARALDEHYDE; LATEX; METHACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; OSMIUM TETRAOXIDE; RUBBER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CROSS LINKING; EMULSION; IMAGING; MISCIBILITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE SECTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAMICROTOMY;

EID: 0345742549     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20018     Document Type: Article

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