Confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and soft X-ray scanning transmission X-ray microscopy (STXM) were used to map the distribution of macromolecular subcomponents (e.g., polysaccharides, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids) of biofilm cells and matrix. The biofilms were developed from river water supplemented with methanol, and although they compri...

We demonstrate a new technique for high resolution imaging of near field profiles in highly confining photonic structures. This technique, Transmission-based Near-field Scanning Optical Microscopy (TraNSOM), measures changes in transmission through a waveguide resulting from near field perturbation by a scanning metallic probe. Using this technique we compare different mode polarizations and me...

superparamagnetic single phase zinc ferrite nanoparticles have been prepared by coprecipitation method at 20 °c without any subsequent calcination. the composition, crystallite size, microstructure and magnetic properties of the prepared nanoparticles were investigated using x-ray diffraction (xrd), field emission scanning electron microscope (fesem), transmission electron microscope (tem), fou...

in the present work, we report a suitable approach for the preparation of batio3 nanostructures via the hydrothermal condition using dolapix et85 as surfactant. the powders were investigated by x-ray diffraction (xrd), scanning election microscopy (sem), energy-dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (edax), field emission transmission electron microscopy (fetem), selected area electron diffraction (saed...

A method of collecting composition data and examining structural features of pearlite lamellae and the parent austenite at the growth interface in a 13wt. % manganese steel has been demonstrated with the use of Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy (STEM). The combination of composition data and the structural features observed at the growth interface show that available theories of pearlit...

The STEM (scanning transmission electron microscope) is useful device combining features of scanning and transmission electron microscopes. The sample in form of ultrathin section is scanned by the electron probe and the transmitted electrons are detected. Except the dedicated STEMs [1] this mode can exist as options in both TEM and SEM [2]. The STEM based on the SEM equipped by a transmission ...