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Biological Applications of Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 July 2020

Gilpin C. J.
Gilpin C. J.*
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences Electron Microscope Unit, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, Ml3 9PT, U.K.
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Over recent years there has been relatively little experimental data produced by environmental scanning electron microscopy on biological applications. The author’s laboratory is situated in a multi-user facility based in a School of Biological Sciences and has examined a wide variety of samples over a 5 year period. The purpose of this paper is to present a number of biological applications, one in detail, in an attempt to illustrate the potential and pitfalls of the instrumentation.

A study has been made of the elastic bands used in dental orthodontics as a method of moving teeth. It is common clinical practice to replace the elastic bands at 24 hour intervals as it is known that the bands lose their elasticity and thus effectiveness during this period. The present study has examined the structure of such bands at time intervals after stretching to clinically used extension on a former and immersing the bands in water.

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Environmental SEM
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Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 3 , Issue S2: Proceedings: Microscopy & Microanalysis '97, Microscopy Society of America 55th Annual Meeting, Microbeam Analysis Society 31st Annual Meeting, Histochemical Society 48th Annual Meeting, Cleveland, Ohio, August 10-14, 1997 , August 1997 , pp. 1205 - 1206
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Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 1997

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