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A sample holder for decomposing and processing delicate biological materials for scanning electron microscopy
Author(s) -
LAUTENSCHLAGER K. P.,
KAUSHIK N. K.,
ROBINSON J. B.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
freshwater biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.297
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2427
pISSN - 0046-5070
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2427.1979.tb01509.x
Subject(s) - scanning electron microscope , pellets , environmental scanning electron microscope , sample (material) , biological specimen , materials science , biological materials , sample preparation , nanotechnology , optics , composite material , biological system , chemistry , chromatography , biology , physics
SUMMARY. A simple, inexpensive sample holder was developed to permit delicate biological materials (faecal pellets) to be decomposed in aquatic environments and thereafter to be processed by dehydration and critical point drying procedures. Part of the holder itself is used to mount the sample onto specimen studs. Delicate materials are therefore never subjected to physical damage during handling at any stage of their processing for scanning electron microscopy.