Graphene oxide: A substrate for optimizing preparations of frozen-hydrated samples

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 152-156

  Pantelic, Radosav S ^a   Meyer, Jannik C ^b   Kaiser, Ute ^b   Baumeister, Wolfgang ^a   Plitzko, Jürgen M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryo EM; Electron microscopy; Graphene; Graphene oxide

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GRAPHENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONDUCTANCE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FILM; MACROMOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL DETECTION; VITRIFICATION;

GRAPHITE; HISTOCYTOLOGICAL PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OXIDES;

EID: 77950518471     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2009.12.020     Document Type: Article

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