9781489923042

Low-Temperature Microscopy and Analysis

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ISBN13: 9781489923042

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Overview

The frozen-hydrated specimen is the principal element that unifies the subject of low­ temperature microscopy, and frozen-hydrated specimens are what this book is all about. Freezing the sample as quickly as possible and then further preparing the specimen for microscopy or microanalysis, whether still embedded in ice or not: there seem to be as many variations on this theme as there are creative scientists with problems of structure and composition to investigate. Yet all share a body of com­ mon fact and theory upon which their work must be based. Low-Temperature Micros­ copy and Analysis provides, for the first time, a comprehensive treatment of all the elements to which one needs access. What is the appeal behind the use of frozen-hydrated specimens for biological electron microscopy, and why is it so important that such a book should now have been written? If one cannot observe dynamic events as they are in progress, rapid specimen freezing at least offers the possibility to trap structures, organelles, macro­ molecules, or ions and other solutes in a form that is identical to what the native structure was like at the moment of trapping. The pursuit of this ideal becomes all the more necessary in electron microscopy because of the enormous increase in resolution that is available with electron-optical instruments, compared to light­ optical microscopes.

ISBN-13

9781489923042

ISBN-10

1489923047

Weight

1.88 Pounds

Dimensions

6.10 x 1.28 x 9.25 In

List Price

$219.99

Edition

1st Edition

Format

Paperback

Language

English

Pages

xxiv, 540 pages

Publisher

Springer

Published On

2013-06-18



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