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Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) has been used to characterise the radiation-induced changes in Zr(Cr,Fe) 2 intermetallic precipitates present in Zircaloy-2 and -4 nuclear rector components. The results show that the precipitates become completely amorphous at low fluences (< 1 10 24 n m -2 ) during low temperature neutron irradiation (about 330 K)...
The use of focused ion beam (FIB) milling for the preparation of transmission electron microscopy (TEM) specimens is described. The operation of the FIB instrument is discussed and the conventional and lift-out techniques for TEM specimen preparation and the advantages and disadvantages of each technique are detailed. The FIB instrument may be used for rapid site-specific preparation of both cross-section...
The convergent beam electron diffraction technique (CBED) of the transmission electron microscopy (TEM) has been employed to determine the strain distribution along a cutline parallel to the padoxide/Si interface in a 0.80μm wide recessed-LOCOS structure. The values of the components of the strain tensor so obtained have been compared with those computed by two simulator codes. It has been found that...
Several representative examples are given of the successful application of negative staining across the holes of holey carbon support films using 5% (w/v) ammonium molybdate solution containing trehalose. The inclusion of 0.1% (w/v) trehalose is considered to be most satisfactory, although good data have also been obtained in the presence of 0.01 and 1.0% (w/v) trehalose. The examples given fall into...
18-Methyleicosanoic acid (18-MEA) is thought to be covalently bound to the outer surface of human hair and is a major component of the outer β-layer of the cuticular cell membrane complex (CCMC). Cuticular delamination, whether this occurs between the outer β- and δ-layers or within the plane of the β-layer, results in a fresh layer of 18-MEA being exposed at the newly-revealed surface. Hair from...
Collagen fibres have been shown by transmission electron microscopy to progressively bind the polyoxomolybdate ring-complex, termed molybdenum blue. Nucleation of cuboidal molybdenum blue microcrystals occurs on the surface of the collagen fibres, leading eventually to extensive coating of the fibres with microcrystals.
The core–shell structure of a range of acrylic–acrylic latexes has been investigated by combining different specimen preparation methods with transmission electron microscopy (TEM), dark-field scanning transmission electron microscopy (DSTEM) and low-voltage scanning electron microscopy (LV-SEM), including the first reported use of LV-SEM to observe composite latex particles at ambient and subambient...
This review discusses the morphological changes and biological responses of plants irradiated with gamma rays. Seedlings exposed to relatively low doses of gamma rays (1–5Gy) developed normally, while the growth of plants irradiated with a high dose gamma ray (50Gy) was significantly inhibited. Based on TEM observations, chloroplasts were extremely sensitive to gamma irradiation compared to other...
Ferrous shape memory alloys (SMAs) are often thought to become a new, important group of SMAs. The shape memory effect in these alloys is based on the reversible, stress-induced martensitic transformation of austenite to ɛ martensite. The identification and quantification of ɛ martensite is crucial when evaluating the shape memory behaviour of this material.Previous work displayed that promising results...
In this work, a method to determine the atomic ratio of Mo and C within complex metal carbides using EELS in the TEM has been developed. The method is based on the determination of k-factors for given experimental conditions from the EEL spectra of Mo 2 C and MoO 3 standards, which had been independently checked by XRD and EPMA. Factors affecting the k Mo/C value of the Mo...
In the present manuscript we have reviewed recent results on transmission electron microscopy of beam sensitive materials such as zeolites and ordered mesoporous materials. The results of the investigation of the fine structure of different zeolite types as MFI, ITQ-7 and the presence of mixture of phases are shown. In addition, the incorporation of metals within the zeolitic framework and their different...
Bacterial degradation of Pinus sylvestris harbour foundation piles was studied topochemically by scanning UV-microspectrophotometry. This analytical technique enables direct imaging of lignin distribution within individual cell wall layers. Additionally, light and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) was used to characterise structural changes of the cell walls. Various decay stages were found in...
Encarsia sophia (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) is a parasitoid utilized for biological control of Bemisia tabaci, with selection of prey aided by chemoreceptor organs. The morphology and distribution of the antennal sensilla (chemoreceptors) of E. sophia were examined using Transmission electron micrographs. The total antennal length for E. sophia was 429.28±0.95μm for females and 437.19±8.21 for males,...
The morphological and ultrastructural features of the spermatozoon in Brachionus calyciflorus are described using light, fluorescence and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The mature spermatozoon, which appears to be thread-like, is composed of a slightly expanded anterior of cell body region and a flagellum region without acrosome. The cell body region and flagellum region are respectively...
In this work a carbide-free bainitic steel was examined by a novel correlative microscopy approach using transmission Kikuchi diffraction (TKD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The individual microstructural constituents could be identified by TKD based on their different crystal structure for bainitic ferrite and retained austenite and by image quality for the martensite–austenite (M–A)...
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