Visualising impregnated chitosan in Pinus radiata early wood cells using light and scanning electron microscopy

Micron

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 263-267

  Singh, Adya P ^a   Singh, Tripti ^a   Rickard, Catherine L ^a  

^a SCION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Backscattered electron imaging; Chitosan; Field emission scanning electron microscope; Light microscope; Osmium tetroxide; Pinus radiata wood

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERED ELECTRON IMAGING; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; LIGHT MICROSCOPES; OSMIUM TETROXIDE; PINUS RADIATA WOOD;

BACKSCATTERING; BIOINFORMATICS; CHITOSAN; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ELECTRONS; HISTOLOGY; IMPREGNATION; OSMIUM; SCANNING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SECONDARY EMISSION; WOOD;

CHITIN;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHITOSAN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; PINE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WOOD;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHITOSAN; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PINUS; WOOD;

CHITIN; CHITOSAN; ELECTRONS; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMPREGNATION; OSMIUM; PINUS RADIATA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WOOD;

PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 75949091117     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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