Atomic force microscope (AFM) combined with the ultramicrotome: A novel device for the serial section tomography and AFM/TEM complementary structural analysis of biological and polymer samples

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 226, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 207-216

  Efimov, Anton E ^a   Tonevitsky, Alexander G ^b   Dittrich, Maria ^c   Matsko, Nadezda B ^d,e  

^a NT MDT Co   (Russian Federation)

^b SHUMAKOV NATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER OF TRANSPLANTOLOGY AND ARTIFICIAL ORGANS   (Russian Federation)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e und Feinstrukturforschung   (Austria)

Author keywords

3D serial section tomography; AFM; Cells; Microtomy; Polymers; TEM

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

3D SERIAL SECTION TOMOGRAPHY; ATOMIC FORCE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE; BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; MICROTOMY; POLYMER MATERIALS; POLYMER SAMPLES; PROBE MICROSCOPE; SCANNING PROBES; SERIAL SECTION;

TOMOGRAPHY;

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NANOIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAMICROTOMY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 34347387366     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2007.01773.x     Document Type: Article

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