Ultrathin sectioning of polymeric materials for low-voltage transmission electron microscopy. Relief on ultrathin sections

0189412 - UMCH-V 20033367 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Lednický, František - Pientka, Zbyněk - Hromádková, Jiřina
Ultrathin sectioning of polymeric materials for low-voltage transmission electron microscopy. Relief on ultrathin sections.
Journal of Macromolecular Science - Physics. Roč. 42, č. 5 (2003), s. 1039-1047. ISSN 0022-2348. E-ISSN 1525-609X
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Keywords : cutting ultrathin sections * low-voltage scanning transmission electron microscopy * polymer blends
Subject RIV: CD - Macromolecular Chemistry
Impact factor: 0.679, year: 2003

Ultrathin sectioning, one of the types of specimen preparations for transmission electron microscopy (TEM), has been considered the most perfect sectioning technique leading to the thinnest sections. Following a study based on a newly developed low-voltage TEM technique, a relief on the ultrathin sections of polymer blends was observed that was ascribed to substantial differences in mechanical properties of the blend constituents. In this study, an analogous relief was observed with a blend, the constituents of which are both hard in cutting.
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