A new cryo-STEM method for imaging food colloids in the scanning electron microscope

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Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 150-154

  Gee, V L ^a   Carey, M A ^b   Auty, M A E ^a  

^a TEAGASC FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b GATAN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

casein; colloids; Cryo; low temperature; micelles; STEM

Indexed keywords

CARBON GRIDS; CASEIN MICELLES; CRYO; CRYO-SCANNING; CRYO-TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DARK FIELD IMAGES; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; FOOD COLLOIDS; LOW TEMPERATURES; NATIVE STATE; SAMPLE HOLDERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SIZE RANGES; STEM;

CARBON FILMS; COLLOID CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ELECTRONS; FIELD EMISSION; HYDRATES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MICELLES; SCANNING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CASEIN;

CARBON; CASEIN;

ARTICLE; COLLOID; CRYO-SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FILM; FOOD; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGING; MICELLE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE;

CASEINS; COLLOIDS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOOD; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

EID: 78349253834     PISSN: 01610457     EISSN: 19328745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sca.20190     Document Type: Article

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