Contrast enhancement in the phase plate transmission electron microscopy using an objective lens with a long focal length

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 337-343

  Minoda, Hiroki ^a   Okabe, Tatsuhiro ^a   Iijima, Hirofumi ^b,c  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b OKAZAKI INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOSCIENCE   (Japan)

^c JEOL LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contrast enhancement; Phase object; Phase plate TEM

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; COLLOIDAL GOLD; MYOSIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; GOLD COLLOID; LENSES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MYOSINS; OPTICAL PHENOMENA;

ELECTRONS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES;

CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ELECTRON WAVE; IMAGE CONTRASTS; IN-PHASE; LONG FOCAL LENGTHS; OBJECTIVE LENS; OPTICAL CONDITION; PHASE OBJECT; PHASE PLATE; PHASE PLATE TEM;

ABERRATIONS;

EID: 80054691357     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: 14779986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfr067     Document Type: Article

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