This two-volume Handbook is a comprehensive guide to sample preparation for the transmission electron microscope. Sample Preparation Handbook for Transmission Electron Microscopy: Techniques describes 14 different preparation techniques, including 22 detailed protocols for preparing thin slices for TEM analysis. Compatibility and pre-treatments are also discussed. Experimental conditions and guidelines, options and variations, advantages and constraints, technical hints from the authors' years of experience, common artifacts, and theoretical issues are all considered. Particular attention is given to the type of material, conditioning, compatible analysis of a given preparation, and risks. This practical and authoritative reference companion deserves a place on the bench in every TEM lab.
This is the second in a two-volume handbook on sample preparation for the transmission electron microscope. It describes 14 different preparation techniques, including 22 detailed protocols for preparing thin slices for TEM analysis.
Techniques: General Introduction.- Preliminary Preparation Techniques.- Thinning Preparation Techniques.- Mechanical Preparation Techniques.- Replica Techniques.- Techniques Specific to Fine Particles.- Contrast Enhancement and Labeling Techniques.