Microscopy Today March 2009 Table of Contents

[Ron Anderson-4]

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A Colorful New Way to Look at the Nuclear Pore!
Stephen W. Carmichael, Mayo Clinic

On the Sub-Nanometer Resolution of Scanning Electron and Helium Ion
Microscopes
András E. Vladár, Michael T. Postek, and Bin Ming
Nat'l. Inst. of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD

A Versatile and Affordable Plunge Freezing Instrument for Preparing
Frozen Hydrated Specimens for Cryo Transmission Electron Microscopy
(CryoEM)
Linda Melanson, Gatan, Inc., Pleasanton, CA

Atomic Layer Deposition and Vapor Deposited SAMS in a CrossBeam FIB-SEM
Platform: A Path To Advanced Materials Synthesis
E. L. Principe†, C. Hartfield‡, R. Kruger‡, A. Smith‡, R. Dubois*, K.
Scammon**, B. Kempshall*** †Carl Zeiss SMT, Inc.‡ Omniprobe, Inc.*,
Colonial Metals, Inc.**, University of Central Florida, NanoSpective***

Pushing the Envelope in Atomic Force Microscopy
M. G. Heaton & J. P. Cleveland, Asylum Research, Santa Barbara, CA

Dip Pen Nanolithography: A Desktop Nanofabrication Approach Using
High-Throughput Flexible Nanopatterning
Jason Haaheim and Omkar A. Nafday, NanoInk Inc.

A Compact Field Emission SEM for Low Voltage Imaging
Jim Rynne, Novelx, Inc., Lafayette, CA

TEM Sample Preparation: An Interdisciplinary Website
J. Ayache1, L. Beaunier2, J. Boumendil3, G. Ehret4 and D. Laub5,
1.CNRS-UMR, Villejuif, France; 2.CNRS-UPR, Paris; 3.U.Claude
Bernard-Lyon, Villeurbanne, France; 4 Institut Physique et Chimie des
Matériaux de Strasbourg, France; 5.EPFL-CIME, Lausanne, Switzerland

Microparticles/Exosomes: Isolation and TEM Analysis
Natalie Bauer,Jyoti Rai, Hairu Chen, Lillianne Harris, Lalita Shevde,
Tim Moore, and Judy King, U. of South Alabama, Mobile, AL

New Ultra-Thin Pure Silicon Window Grids for Transmission Electron
Microscopy Samples
James Roussie, TEMwindows.com, Rochester, NY

Preparing Biological Samples for Analysis by High Vacuum Techniques
S.G. Ostrowski, T.L. Paxon, L. Denault, KP. McEvoy, and V.S.
Smentkowski, General Electric Global Research Ctr., Niskayuna, NY

Pioneers in Optics: Friedrich Johann Karl Becke and Anders Jöns Ångström
Michael W. Davidson, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, The
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

Microscopy-101: Glass Knives vs. Diamond Knives
Lou Ann Miller, Center for Microscopic Imaging, Veterinary Medicine,
University of Illinois

Industry News

NetNotes
CHEMICALS - acrolein storage
CHEMICALS – uranyl acetate safety
CHEMICALS- cacodylate safety
SPECIMEN PREPARATION - sand
SPECIMEN PREPARATION - etching resin
SPECIMEN PREPARATION – plan-view TEM samples
SPECIMEN PREPARATION – stopping points
MICROTOMY - histo knife
IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY – colloidal gold
IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY – choice of secondary antibodies
SEM – current state of the art for biological specimens
SEM – cooling
EDS – Beryllium and copper
EDX – Sn and Pb ratios

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