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Barnes, Burton and Scott1 have described a modified polystyrene–silica replica technique for the study of organic surfaces ; but owing to the high temperatures (130° C.) involved in the formation of the intermediate replica, their method is unsuitable for water-containing substances. They suggest, however, that some plastics such as isobutyl-methacrylate are sufficiently thermoplastic at temperatures below 100° C. to give the necessary resolution without total drying of the specimen.
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Barnes, R. B., Burton, C. J., and Scott, R. C., J. Appl. Phys., 16, 730 (1945).
Heidenreich, R. D., and Peck, V., J. Appl. Phys., 14, 23 (1943).
Heidenreich, R. D., and Matheson, L. A., J. Appl. Phys., 15, 423 (1944).
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BROWN, A., JONES, W. A Methyl Methacrylate–Silica Replica Technique for Electron Microscopy. Nature 159, 635–636 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/159635a0
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