Superb resolution and contrast of transmission electron microscopy images of unstained biological samples on graphene-coated grids

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1830, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 3807-3815

  Jeon, Jaekyun ^a   Lodge, Michael S ^a   Dawson, Ben D ^a   Ishigami, Masa ^a   Shewmaker, Frank ^b   Chen, Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Mass per length; Molecular structure; Prion

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; URANYL ACETATE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MATERIAL COATING; MOLECULAR IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

GRAPHITE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84876195465     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: 18728006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2013.03.002     Document Type: Article

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