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Neodymium as an alternative contrast for uranium in electron microscopy

Uranyl acetate is the standard contrasting agent in electron microscopy (EM), but it is toxic and radioactive. We reasoned neodymium acetate might substitute uranyl acetate as a contrasting agent, and we find that neodymium acetate indeed can replace uranyl acetate in several routine applications. S...

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Autores principales: Kuipers, Jeroen, Giepmans, Ben N. G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7160090/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32008069
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00418-020-01846-0