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Preparing the liverwort Ricciocarpus natans for scanning electron microscopy
Author(s) -
Kronestedt Eva,
Echlin Patrick
Publication year - 1982
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.1365-2818.1982.tb00454.x
Subject(s) - scanning electron microscope , electron microscope , chemistry , microscopy , materials science , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , analytical chemistry (journal) , chromatography , optics , physics , composite material , engineering
SUMMARY Freeze‐drying, and chemical preparations followed by critical point drying, were tried on the aerenchymatous plant Ricciocarpus natans , which was to be studied by scanning electron microscopy. Promising results were obtained by the freeze‐drying technique.