K-1 Road to Electron Microscope Development

the scanning electron microscope

it is only thirteen years since the scanning electron microscope has been available commercially. yet, even in this short period of time, this instrument has been a powerful tool in the investigation of topography, electrical and magnetic properties, crystal structure, cathodoluminescent characteristics etc. of solid specimens. today, this type of microscope has opened its place alongside the c...

Electron Microscope

Scanning Electron Microscope A To Z

Since the Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) was first commercialized about 40 years ago, the SEM has shown a remarkable progress. Now, many types of SEMs are being used, and their performance and functions are greatly different from each other. To utilize these different SEMs, it is essential to recognize their features, as well as to understand the reasons for the contrast of SEM images. Thus...

Development of Holography Electron Microscope with Atomic Resolution

THE transmission electron microscope was invented in Germany in 1932. It works by directing a beam of electrons through a specimen and then using a lens to enlarge the image formed by their passage. In Japan, development and research into its applications began in 1939, and numerous companies around the world have competed to develop the instruments since Hitachi developed its own fi rst transm...

An Electron Microscope Study of the Development of Sv40 Virus

Kidney cells, predominantly from Cercopithecus monkeys but also from baboons, were infected in vitro with the SV40 virus. The infectious cycle was studied with the electron microscope by means of thin sections of cells fixed from 3 hours up to 11 days after infection. The frequency of virus formation and various nuclear and cytoplasmic lesions in relation to the infection are described. The vir...