Damage-free vibrational spectroscopy of biological materials in the electron microscope

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Rez, Peter ^a   Aoki, Toshihiro ^a   March, Katia ^b   Gur, Dvir ^c   Krivanek, Ondrej L ^a,d   Dellby, Niklas ^d   Lovejoy, Tracy C ^d   Wolf, Sharon G ^c   Cohen, Hagai ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^d Nion Co Kirkland   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; CARBON; GUANINE; HYDROGEN; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

BIOLOGICAL METHOD; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ORGANIC MATTER; RADIATION DAMAGE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL; ELECTRON; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXCITATION; INFRARED RADIATION; NONHUMAN; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VELOCITY; VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY; ANIMAL; CARP; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PROCEDURES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIBRATION;

ANIMALS; CARPS; GUANINE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SPECTROSCOPY, ELECTRON ENERGY-LOSS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; VIBRATION;

EID: 84960902556     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10945     Document Type: Article

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