Monolithic chip system with a microfluidic channel for in situ electron microscopy of liquids

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 445-451

  Jensen, Eric ^a   Burrows, Andrew ^a   Molhave, Kristian ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

in situ; liquids; microfabrication; monolithic; sacrificial layer; TEM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899480616     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: 14358115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927614000300     Document Type: Article

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