Energy-filtered transmission electron microscopy of biological samples on highly transparent carbon nanomembranes

Ultramicroscopy

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 342-349

  Rhinow, Daniel ^a   Büenfeld, Matthias ^b   Weber, Nils Eike ^b   Beyer, André ^b   Gölzhäuser, Armin ^b   Kühlbrandt, Werner ^a   Hampp, Norbert ^c   Turchanin, Andrey ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

CryoEM; EELS; EFTEM; Graphene; Nanomembrane; Support film

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS; CONDUCTIVE CARBON; CROSSLINKED; CRYOEM; EELS; EFTEM; ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGING; ELEMENTAL MAPS; ENERGY FILTERED TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIGH TRANSPARENCY; NANOCRYSTALLINES; NANOMEMBRANE; NANOMEMBRANES; THERMAL TREATMENT; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS; ULTRA-THIN;

CARBON FILMS; ELECTRONS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FILM PREPARATION; GRAPHENE; ICE; NANOSTRUCTURES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRATHIN FILMS; VIRUSES;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY;

CARBON NANOMEMBRANE; FERRITIN; GRAPHENE; NANOCRYSTAL; NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY FILTERED TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NANOANALYSIS; NANOIMAGING; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS;

CARBON; FERRITINS; MICROSCOPY, ENERGY-FILTERING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON; NANOSTRUCTURES; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS;

TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 79851513556     PISSN: 03043991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2011.01.028     Document Type: Article

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