Atmospheric scanning electron microscope system with an open sample chamber: Configuration and applications

Ultramicroscopy

Volumn 147, Issue , 2014, Pages 86-97

  Nishiyama, Hidetoshi ^a   Koizumi, Mitsuru ^a   Ogawa, Koji ^a   Kitamura, Shinich ^a   Konyuba, Yuji ^a   Watanabe, Yoshiyuki ^b   Ohbayashi, Norihiko ^c   Fukuda, Mitsunori ^c   Suga, Mitsuo ^a   Sato, Chikara ^d  

^a JEOL LTD   (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

ASEM; Correlative microscopy; Environmental cell; Random movement; Silver paste; Sintering

Indexed keywords

GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; OXIDE MINERALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SINTERING; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLS; ZINC OXIDE;

ASEM; CORRELATIVE MICROSCOPIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CELLS; RANDOM MOVEMENT; SILVER PASTES;

SILVER METALLOGRAPHY; SINTERING;

BINDING PROTEIN; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TITANIUM; TYROSINASE RELATED PROTEIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VPS9 ANKYRIN REPEAT PROTEIN; ZINC OXIDE; NANOPARTICLE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN TYRP1; WATER;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; CATHODE LUMINESCENCE; CELL MIGRATION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FLUORESCENCE; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMERSION; LUMINESCENCE; MELANOCYTE; MICROSCOPE; MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOREGULATION; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CHLOROCEBUS AETHIOPS; COS 1 CELL LINE; DEVICES; MOUSE; PROCEDURES; ULTRASTRUCTURE; COS 7 CELL LINE; EVAPORATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; MELANOCYTES; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

EID: 84904760401     PISSN: 03043991     EISSN: 18792723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.06.001     Document Type: Article

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