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A simple method for exposing plastic embedded structures for scanning electron microscopy
Author(s) -
Jarvis L. R.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of microscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.569
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1365-2818
pISSN - 0022-2720
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2818.1975.tb04042.x
Subject(s) - simple (philosophy) , scanning electron microscope , materials science , scanning confocal electron microscopy , electron microscope , nanotechnology , crystallography , optics , chemistry , composite material , physics , philosophy , epistemology
SUMMARY Surfaces of structures which may be identified in sections of plastic embedded tissue can be exposed for examination using scanning electron microscopy by removal of the embedding medium from the sectioned block with sodium methoxide. Correlation of the information provided by sections and scanning electron microscopy is therefore possible. This technique has been used in examining the developing peristome teeth of the moss Funaria hygrometrica .