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J S Wu1, A M Kim, R Bleher, B D Myers, R G Marvin, H Inada, K Nakamura, X F Zhang, E Roth, S Y Li, T K Woodruff, T V O'Halloran, Vinayak P Dravid.
Abstract
A dedicated analytical scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) with dual energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) detectors has been designed for complementary high performance imaging as well as high sensitivity elemental analysis and mapping of biological structures. The performance of this new design, based on a Hitachi HD-2300A model, was evaluated using a variety of biological specimens. With three imaging detectors, both the surface and internal structure of cells can be examined simultaneously. The whole-cell elemental mapping, especially of heavier metal species that have low cross-section for electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS), can be faithfully obtained. Optimization of STEM imaging conditions is applied to thick sections as well as thin sections of biological cells under low-dose conditions at room and cryogenic temperatures. Such multimodal capabilities applied to soft/biological structures usher a new era for analytical studies in biological systems.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID： 23500508 PMCID： PMC3658130 DOI： 10.1016/j.ultramic.2013.01.004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ultramicroscopy ISSN： 0304-3991 Impact factor: 2.689