Focused ion beam milling and ultramicrotomy of mineralised ivory dentine for analytical transmission electron microscopy

Micron

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 495-501

  Jantou, V ^a   Turmaine, M ^b   West, G D ^c   Horton, M A ^b   McComb, D W ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apatite; Collagen; EDX; FIB milling; Ivory dentine; TEM; Ultramicrotomy

Indexed keywords

EDX; FIB MILLING; IVORY DENTINE; TEM; ULTRAMICROTOMY;

APATITE; BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; COLLAGEN; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; FLOTATION; FOCUSED ION BEAMS; MILLING (MACHINING); PHOSPHATE MINERALS;

TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DENTIN; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ELEPHANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; TOOTH; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DENTIN; ELEPHANTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPECTROSCOPY, ELECTRON ENERGY-LOSS; TOOTH;

EID: 63549090133     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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