New microscopy techniques

More recent is the invention of the scanning probe microscopes, which include the scanning tunneling microscope (STM) [65] and atomic force microscope (AFM) [66]. These instruments can resolve individual atoms, and can operate at 

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New Microscopy Techniques for a Better Understanding of the Polymer/ Nanotube Composite Properties... 

A new measurement technique, in-situ atomic force microscopy combined with XPS and scanning Auger electron microscopy and continuous argon sputtering, recently revealed that the films are not uni-... 

FIGURE 5.4 Stages in sol-gel processing are captured by a new electron microscopy technique. (1) Spherical particles tens of nanometers across can be seen in a colloidal silica sol. (2) Addition of a concentrated salt solution initiates gelation. (3) The gelled sample, after drying under the electron beam of the microscope, shows a highly porous structure. Courtesy, J. R. Bellare, J. K. Bailey, and M. L. Mecartney, University of Minnesota. 

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To provide a complete assessment of all these variables, the final evaluation of safety must be made in the in vivo model using the preparation under the proposed conditions for use, following tissue compatibility with many of the techniques already discussed. Confocal microscopy is a relatively new noninvasive technique that allows a detailed examination of the endothelium in the live animal, and thus may prove useful in following changes in this delicate tissue over time. As in ex vivo models, the... 

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Progress in instrumentation has considerably improved the sensitivity of fluorescence detection. Advanced fluorescence microscopy techniques allow detection at single molecule level, which opens up new opportunities for the development of fluorescence-based methods or assays in material sciences, biotechnology and in the pharmaceutical industry. 

In the late twentieth eentury, a number of new instrumental techniques w erc developed lor determining atomic properties with increased precision and reliability. Of marked importance is the Increased facility for measuring minute dimensions and units of time at the respective nanometer and nanosecond levels. Laboratory techniques include laser atom probes, cold neutron research, .canning-tunneling microscopy, and atom trapping, among others. 

LAMMA has been utilized for the analysis of aluminum in brain tissue affected with Alzheimer s disease (Lovell et al. 1993). This new analytical technique of nuclear microscopy can simultaneously image and analyze features in unstained and untreated tissue sections, and therefore avoids contamination problems associated with tissue prepared using conventional chemical techniques. LAMMA was used in a study... 

P. J. Duke, Modern Microscopies Techniques and Applications, Plenum Press, New York, 1990. 

The pressure gap is also a considerable challenge in model catalysis. It has been only recently addressed thanks to new techniques that can work under high-pressure conditions (relative to UHV). As we have seen in the introduction, several techniques are now available but they have up to now rarely been applied on supported model catalyst. Indeed we can expect that the effect of the pressure can be more dramatic than on extended surfaces because small particles are easier subject to structural and morphological evolution during reaction. Thus, it will be necessary to probe the reactivity and to characterize structurally the model catalyst in realistic reaction conditions. Microscopy techniques like STM, AFM, and TEM, coupled with activity measurements are suitable. The ultimate goal would be to measure the reactivity at the level of one supported cluster and to study the coupling between neighbouring clusters via the gas phase and the diffusion of reactants on the support. 

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