Biomedical and agricultural applications of energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy in electron microscopy

Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 488-509

  Wyroba, Elzbieta ^a   Suski, Szymon ^a   Miller, Karolina ^a   Bartosiewicz, Rafał ^a  

^a NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

EDS; Electron microscopy; EPMA; Overlapping spectra; Sample preparation; Standards; X ray

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; HEAVY METAL;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMEDICINE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PLANT MODEL; REVIEW; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY MICROANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PLANT; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPECTROMETRY;

AGRICULTURE; AGROCHEMICALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PLANTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION;

EID: 84938072886     PISSN: 14258153     EISSN: 16891392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cmble-2015-0028     Document Type: Review

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