Minimizing electrostatic charging of an aperture used to produce in-focus phase contrast in the TEM

Ultramicroscopy

Volumn 135, Issue , 2013, Pages 6-15

  Glaeser, Robert M ^a   Sassolini, Simone ^a   Cambie, Rossana ^a   Jin, Jian ^a   Cabrini, Stefano ^a   Schmid, Andreas K ^a   Danev, Radostin ^b   Buijsse, Bart ^c   Csencsits, Roseann ^a   Downing, Kenneth H ^a   Larson, David M ^a   Typke, Dieter ^a   Han, B G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

Author keywords

Charging; Cryo EM; Phase contrast; Phase plate

Indexed keywords

CRYO-EM; ELECTROSTATIC CHARGING; ELECTROSTATIC EFFECT; MICROFABRICATED DEVICES; MONOLAYER CRYSTALS; PHASE CONTRASTS; PHASE PLATE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE;

CARBON; CHARGING (FURNACE); ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES; ELECTROSTATICS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MICROFABRICATION; PROTEINS; RADIATION EFFECTS; SIGNAL DISTORTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WORK FUNCTION;

GOLD COATINGS;

CARBON; GOLD; METAL; OXIDE; STREPTAVIDIN; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRYSTAL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; EVAPORATION; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATERIAL COATING; MEDICAL DEVICE; MICROTECHNOLOGY; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; RADIATION; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

CARBON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROTECHNOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STREPTAVIDIN;

EID: 84880575943     PISSN: 03043991     EISSN: 18792723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2013.05.023     Document Type: Article

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