X-ray contact microscopy using an excimer laser plasma source with different target materials and laser pulse durations

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 96-103

  Albertano, P ^a   Reale, L ^b   Palladino, L ^b   Reale, A ^b   Cotton, R ^c   Bollanti, S ^c   Di Lazzaro, P ^c   Flora, F ^c   Lisi, N ^c   Nottola, A ^c   Vigili Papadaki, K ^c   Letardi, T ^c   Batani, D ^d   Conti, A ^d   Moret, M ^d   Grilli, A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c ENEA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological imaging; Laser generated plasma

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON SOURCES; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; PLASMA INTERACTIONS; PULSED LASERS; X RAY APPARATUS;

BIOLOGICAL IMAGING; CONTACT MICROSCOPY; LASER PULSE DURATION; LASER-GENERATED PLASMA; LASER-PLASMA SOURCE; PULSED X-RAYS; SOFT X-RAY; SUB-100 NM; TARGET MATERIALS; X-RAY SOURCES;

EXCIMER LASERS;

ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CYANOBACTERIUM; EXCIMER LASER; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS DYSOSMOS; LEPTOLYNGBYA;

EID: 9844228510     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1997.2120768.x     Document Type: Article

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