STEM mode in the SEM: A practical tool for nanotoxicology

Nanotoxicology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 215-227

  Hondow, Nicole ^a   Harrington, John ^a   Brydson, Rik ^a   Doak, Shareen H ^b   Singh, Neenu ^b   Manshian, Bella ^b   Brown, Andy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

field emission scanning electron microscopy; nanotoxicology; Scanning transmission electron microscopy; STEM mode in the SEM; ultrathin sections

Indexed keywords

NANOMATERIAL; NANOPARTICLE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NANOTOXICOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING TRANSMISSION; NANOSTRUCTURES; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 79957843741     PISSN: 17435390     EISSN: 17435404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17435390.2010.535622     Document Type: Article

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