An apparatus for imaging liquids, cells, and other wet samples in the scanning electron microscopy

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2280-2289

  Thiberge, S ^a   Zik, O ^b,c   Moses, E ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b QuantomiX Ltd   (Israel)

^c El Mul Technologies Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; BIOMARKERS; CELLS; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; GOLD; IMAGING SYSTEMS; IMMUNOLOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PARTICLE DETECTORS; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; TISSUE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VACUUM;

ATOMIC NUMBERS; ELECTRON BACKSCATTERING; ELECTRON DETECTORS; IMMUNO-GOLD LABELS;

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 3843080615     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1763262     Document Type: Article

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