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Issue 19 December 2008

•      Cryoplunge™3 Gatan’s new, affordable plunge freezing instrument

•      How to optimize your EELS experiments by adjusting the collection angle of your spectrometer

•      Are you worried about diffraction patterns damaging your CCD camera?

Issue 18 May 2008

•      Fast TV-Rate CCD Cameras Allow For
In-Situ Recording

•      Application of the Gatan XuM in the investigation of a lunar dust particle surrogate, volcanic ash particles and a Bryozoan fossil

•      ASBFSEM. New frontier for 3D histological analysis

•      Computer-Controlled Polishing System For Preparing Multiple Pre-Fib TEM Specimen

Issue 17 Nov 2007

•      Defect distribution and compositional variations in a light-emitting material revealed by CL imaging and spectrum imaging

•      Do you see PPM level differences in Mineral Chemistry

•      Preparation of a Cross- sectional Semiconductor IC Device Sample for SEM Observations

•      Obtaining high resolution data from a large volume of brain tissue in an automated and reliable process

•      Gain Variation Effects and Correction in CCD Cameras for TEM

Issue 16 July 2007

•      Collecting Tomographic Tilt Series in STEM

•      Enhanced phase identification with simultaneous STEM EDS and EELS/ELNES

•      How to prepare high water content bulk biological and botanical specimens for Cryo-SEM and not get ice crystals

•      Digital v.s. Film Costs in Electron Microscopy

Issue 15 April 2007

•      Optimizing Your PC Hardware for DSV Recording Part I

•      Optimizing Your PC Hardware for DSV Recording Part II

•      TEM Sample Preparation of Irradiated GaN on a Sapphire Substrate

•      The importance of the specimen support film for cryo TEM

•      3View: A New Perspective for Cell Biologists

• Phase identification and mapping based on valency loss EELS and ELNS

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