Abstract
IT has been found that a thin film, suitable for specimen mounting, is formed over the mesh squares of an electron microscope specimen grid when dipped into a 1 per cent solution of ‘Formvar’ in chloroform, and allowed to dry in air. Very thin films, which are stronger than those wet-stripped from glass, can easily be obtained.
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Dyson, J., Nature [171, 743 (1953)].
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BRADLEY, D. A New Method of making Electron Microscope Specimen Support Films. Nature 171, 1076–1077 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/1711076a0
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