Cryogenic transmission electron microscopy: Aqueous suspensions of nanoscale objects

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1542-1553

  Burrows, Nathan D ^a,b   Penn, R Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

colloids; cryo TEM; cryo TEM artifacts; cryogenic transmission electron microscopy; electron microscopy; nanoparticles; sample preparation

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE;

BIOLOGY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SUSPENSION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOLOGY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOPARTICLES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SUSPENSIONS;

EID: 84887943292     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: 14358115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927613013354     Document Type: Review

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