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Cryo-electron microscopy instrumentation and techniques for life sciences and materials science

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 December 2019

Robert E.A. Williams
Affiliation:
Center for Electron Microscopy and Analysis, The Ohio State University, USA; williams.2156@osu.edu
David W. McComb
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, USA; mccomb.29@osu.edu
Sriram Subramaniam
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of British Columbia, Canada; sriram.subramaniam@ubc.ca
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Abstract

In this article, we review some of the recent developments in instrumentation and methods that have led to the rise of cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) in the life sciences community, and consider how researchers in the materials community might benefit from these advances. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) is compared with scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) for cryogenic imaging in both biological and materials science applications. We discuss the developments in detector technologies that have in part powered the development of cryo-EM and anticipate exciting areas for productive overlap between life science and materials science cryo-EM applications.

Type
Cryogenic Electron Microscopy in Materials Science
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2019 

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