Opportunities and challenges in liquid cell electron microscopy

Science

Volumn 350, Issue 6267, 2015, Pages

  Ross, Frances M ^a  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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BIOMATERIAL; ELECTROLYTE; NANOPARTICLE;

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BIOMEDICINE; BIOMINERALIZATION; CATALYSIS; CELL GROWTH; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CORROSION; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ENERGY CONVERSION; EXPERIMENTATION; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LIQUID CELL ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROFLUIDICS; MINERALIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; NANOANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WHOLE CELL;

EID: 84950269241     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.aaa9886     Document Type: Article

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