Specimen Behavior in the Electron Beam

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 579, Issue , 2016, Pages 19-50

  Glaeser, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy deposited; Radiation dose; Specimen charging; Specimen damage; Specimen motion

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; ICE; PROTEIN;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYOPROTECTION; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENERGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXCITATION; FROZEN SECTION; IONIZING RADIATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MECHANICAL STRESS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOCHEMISTRY; RADIOLYSIS; RADIOSENSITIVITY; THICKNESS; TISSUE SECTION; ARTIFACT; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DEVICES; ELECTRON; IMAGE PROCESSING; MOTION; PROCEDURES; RADIATION RESPONSE; STATIC ELECTRICITY; THERMODYNAMICS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VITRIFICATION;

ARTIFACTS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRONS; ICE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MOTION; PROTEINS; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THERMODYNAMICS; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 84973572917     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: 15577988     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2016.04.010     Document Type: Chapter

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