In situ study of live specimens in an environmental scanning electron microscope

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 914-918

  Tihlaříková, Eva ^a   Neděla, Vilém ^a   Shiojiri, Makoto ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS   (Czech Republic)

^b KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

High pressure environment; Hydration system; In situ observation; Live biological sample; Methodology; Monte Carlo simulation

Indexed keywords

WATER;

CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; WATER;

EID: 84880288136     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: 14358115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927613000603     Document Type: Conference Paper

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