Traditional coating techniques in scanning electron microscopy compared to uncoated charge compensator technology: Looking at human blood fibrin networks with the ZEISS ULTRA Plus FEG-SEM

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 343-346

  Pretorius, Etheresia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biological material; Coating techniques; Fibrin networks; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; GOLD COATINGS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; RUTHENIUM; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY;

CARBON COATING; CHARGE COMPENSATORS; COATING MATERIAL; FIBRIN NETWORK; GOLD ISLANDS; HUMAN BLOODS;

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIOMATERIAL; CARBON; FIBRIN; GOLD; RUTHENIUM;

ARTICLE; COATING TECHNIQUES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; FIBRIN NETWORKS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAINING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL; COATING TECHNIQUES; FIBRIN NETWORKS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CARBON; FIBRIN; GOLD; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; RUTHENIUM; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 84864295831     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20914     Document Type: Article

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