abstract：:The tip is one of the critical factors to improve the efficiency in picking up individual DNA molecules from solid substrates based on atomic force microscope (AFM) nanomanipulation. We found that wearing AFM tips on certain solid substrates in advance to nanomanipulation operation would largely improve the pickup eff...

journal_title：Microscopy research and technique

authors： Duan N,Long F,Wang X,Li B,Hu J,Zhang Y

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using live-cell confocal microscopy and particle tracking technology, the simultaneous transport of intracellular vesicles of the endo-lysosomal pathway and nonviral polyethylenimine (PEI)/DNA nanocomplexes was investigated. Due to potential problems associated with the use of acid-sensitive probes in combination with...

journal_title：Microscopy research and technique

authors： Suh J,An Y,Tang BC,Dempsey C,Huang F,Hanes J

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surface ultrastructures of gill filaments and secondary lamellae of Rita rita and Cirrhinus mrigala, inhabiting different ecological habitat, were investigated to unravel adaptive modifications. R. rita is a sluggish, bottom dwelling carnivorous catfish, which inhabits regions of river with accumulations of dirty wate...

journal_title：Microscopy research and technique

authors： Kumari U,Mittal S,Mittal AK

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present here the phasor approach to biosensor Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) detection by fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) and show that this method of data representation is robust towards biosensor design as well as the fluorescence artifacts inherent to the cellular environment. We demon...

journal_title：Microscopy research and technique

authors： Hinde E,Digman MA,Welch C,Hahn KM,Gratton E

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fipronil, active ingredient of Frontline® acaricide, is a phenyl-pyrazolic derivative, and its efficacy in the elimination of several plagues, even in lower concentrations, has already been demonstrated; however, its effect on nontarget organisms has not been thoroughly explained. In this sense, the present study had ...

journal_title：Microscopy research and technique

authors： Ferreira M,De Oliveira PR,Denardi SE,Bechara GH,Mathias MI

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The subcellular behavior of aluminum and indium, used in medical and industrial fields, was studied in the gastric mucosa and the liver after their intragastric administration to rats, using, two of the most sensitive methods of observation and microanalysis, the transmission electron microscopy, and the secondary ion...

journal_title：Microscopy research and technique

authors： Maghraoui S,Ayadi A,Audinot JN,Ben Ammar A,Jaafoura MH,El Hili A,Migeon HN,Tekaya L

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apanteles cypris is an endoparasitoid of rice pest Cnaphalocrocis medinalis. To better understand its host location mechanism, we examined the external morphology of antennal sensilla of A. cypris via scanning electron microscopy. The antennae of male and female A. cypris were filiform in shape, which consist of scape...

journal_title：Microscopy research and technique

authors： Zhou H,Wu WJ,Zhnag ZF,Zhnag Y

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:3D surface profiling and high resolution imaging were performed to refine the Florin rings and epicuticular wax crystals of Pinus koraiensis needles. Needles were collected from four-year-old seedlings and air-dried for surface observations. Field emission scanning electron microscopy revealed that stomata were found ...

journal_title：Microscopy research and technique

authors： Kim KW,Lee ST,Bae SW,Kim PG

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed among women. In this article, support vector machine is used to classify digital mammogram images into malignant and benign. Wiener filter is used to handle the possible quantum noise, which is more likely to occur in mammograms. Stack-based connected component method ...

journal_title：Microscopy research and technique

authors： Naveed N,Jaffar MA,Choi TS

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diestian ferruginous sandstone has been used as the dominant building stone for monuments in the Hageland, a natural landscape in east-central Belgium. Like all rocks, this stone type is sensitive to weathering. Case hardening was observed in combination with blackening of the exterior parts of the dressed stones. To ...

journal_title：Microscopy research and technique

authors： Cnudde V,Dewanckele J,Boone M,de Kock T,Boone M,Brabant L,Dusar M,de Ceukelaire M,de Clercq H,Hayen R,Jacobs P

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Locusts are attractive model preparations for cellular investigations of neurodevelopment. In this study, we investigate the immunocytochemical localization of histamine in the developing ventral nerve cord of two locust species, Schistocerca gregaria and Locusta migratoria. Histamine is the fast neurotransmitter of p...

journal_title：Microscopy research and technique

authors： Pätschke A,Bicker G

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This ultrastructural study showed that nonisotopic methanolic hafnium chloride and aqueous lead solution was an excellent new electron stain for enhancing TEM contrasts of fungal and plant cell structures. The ultrastructural definition provided by the new stain was often superior to that provided by conventional stai...

journal_title：Microscopy research and technique

authors： Ikeda K,Inoue K,Kanematsu S,Horiuchi Y,Park P

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From the first cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) among cattle in the United Kingdom in 1986, the route of infection of BSE is generally believed by means of feeds containing low level of processed animal proteins (PAPs). Therefore, many feed bans and alternative and complementary techniques were resulted...

journal_title：Microscopy research and technique

authors： Liu X,Han L,Veys P,Baeten V,Jiang X,Dardenne P

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An understanding of the internal morphology of the ant mandible is important in explaining the relationship between the exocrine system and the behavioral and phylogenetic characteristics of different subfamilies of Formicidae. In this study, we investigated the occurrence of intramandibular glands in ants from the Po...

journal_title：Microscopy research and technique

authors： Martins LC,Serrão JE

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein-surface interactions cause the desirable effect of controlled protein adsorption onto biodevices as well as the undesirable effect of protein fouling. The key to controlling protein-surface adsorptions is to identify and quantify the main adsorption mechanisms: adsorptions that occur (1) while depositing a pro...

journal_title：Microscopy research and technique

authors： Zareh SK,Wang YM

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antennal sensilla of the pine weevil (Pissodes nitidus Roel.) were observed with scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The weevil antenna consists of a long scape, a pedicel, and a flagellum with 10 segments; the last four flagellum segments are fused, forming the antennal club, ...

journal_title：Microscopy research and technique

authors： Yan SC,Meng ZJ,Peng L,Liu D

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Linepithema micans Forel is a poorly studied species that is now considered a pest in vineyards in South Brazil. Larval characters have been used in a few phylogenetic studies, and their importance greatly depends in the amount of available information on different species. This study presents a complete panorama on t...

journal_title：Microscopy research and technique

authors： Nondillo A,Solis DR,Fox EG,Rossi ML,Botton M,Bueno OC

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cigarette smoke is a significant source of cadmium, lead, and toxic elements, which are absorbed into the human organism. In this context, the aim of this study was to investigate in vitro the presence of toxic elements, cadmium, and lead deriving from cigarette smoke in the resin composite, dentine, and dental enamel...

journal_title：Microscopy research and technique

authors： Takeuchi CY,Corrêa-Afonso AM,Pedrazzi H,Dinelli W,Palma-Dibb RG

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The flower buds of five Lonicera species, Lonicera japonica Thunb., L. macranthoides Hand.-Mazz., L. hypoglauca Miq., L. confusa DC. and L. fulvotomentosa Hsu et S.C. Cheng are confusable and usually utilized under the same name "Jinyinhua" in different areas for morphological similarity. Studies found that these five...

journal_title：Microscopy research and technique

authors： Chu C,Liu HJ,Qi LW,Liu EH,Li P

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ultrasonic excitation (US) was applied to glass ionomer cement (GIC) during early set time to increase the advantageous properties of this material. PURPOSE:The aim of this in vitro study was to assess the inner porosity of GIC after US. STUDY DESIGN:A total of 16 specimens, for each material, were prepare...

journal_title：Microscopy research and technique

authors： Coldebella CR,Santos-Pinto L,Zuanon AC

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a microscopic investigation of nanocomposite films of iron oxide (γ-Fe(2)O(3)) magnetic nanowires (NWs) aligned into polymers, formed upon evaporation of solutions of acrylate polymer/magnetic nanoparticles under magnetic field (MF). The field causes the assembly of the γ-Fe(2)O(3) nanoparticles along the d...

journal_title：Microscopy research and technique

authors： Fragouli D,Torre B,Bertoni G,Buonsanti R,Cingolani R,Athanassiou A

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several processing techniques of digital images allowed us to quantify the percentage of cell surface covered by microprojections (microvilli or microplicae) (SCM), the adhesion between epithelial cells by the parameter intercellular junctions (IJ), the size (cell area), shape (cell shape) and shade (cell shade) of ce...

journal_title：Microscopy research and technique

authors： Julio G,Merindano D,Canals M,Ralló M

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to evaluate the antitumor effect of indirubin-3-monoxime and its mode of action in benzo(α)pyrene [B(α)P] induced lung cancer in A/J mice. Light microscopic examination of lung sections of [B(α)P] induced lung cancer mice revealed the presence of adenocarcinoma characterized by extensive proli...

journal_title：Microscopy research and technique

authors： Ravichandran K,Pal A,Ravichandran R

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laser scanning confocal microscopy (LSCM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) were used to characterize changes in nanoscale structure that occur when ultrathin polyelectrolyte multilayers (PEMs) are incubated in aqueous media. The PEMs investigated here were fabricated by the deposition of alternating layers of plasmid...

journal_title：Microscopy research and technique

authors： Fredin NJ,Flessner RM,Jewell CM,Bechler SL,Buck ME,Lynn DM

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transfer of a fluorescently labeled protein particle from a surface to a microsized scanning probe has been induced by repetitive scanning in aqueous medium. The so-attached particle can in turn act as a probing tool to study particle-substrate and particle-particle interactions. Attachment of the fluorescent particle...

journal_title：Microscopy research and technique

authors： Moreno-Flores S,Georgieva R,Xiong Y,Melzak K,Bäumler H,Luis Toca-Herrera J

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various types of mirror lenses were developed some decades ago designed for several special tasks in microscopy. When compared with high-end glass lenses, mirror lenses lead to an extraordinary image quality because of their supraapochromatic color fidelity and their high planarity; the working distances are significa...

journal_title：Microscopy research and technique

authors： Piper J

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aqueous extract of betel nut (AEBN) induces the formation of preneoplastic nodules in the liver of Swiss Albino mice and leads to increased predisposition to cancer when administered transgenerationally. The aim of this investigation was to elucidate the alterations in ultrastructure of subcellular organelles in t...

journal_title：Microscopy research and technique

authors： Choudhury Y,Sharan RN

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Filamentous bacteriophage has been proposed as a vehicle that can carry and deliver therapeutics into mammalian cells for disease treatment, thus a protocol for imaging phage-cell interaction is essential. Because high signal intensity is necessary to study the mechanism of interaction between filamentous bacteriophag...

journal_title：Microscopy research and technique

authors： Abbineni G,Safiejko-Mroczka B,Mao C

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various deconvolution algorithms are often used for restoration of digital images. Image deconvolution is especially needed for the correction of three-dimensional images obtained by confocal laser scanning microscopy. Such images suffer from distortions, particularly in the Z dimension. As a result, reliable automati...

journal_title：Microscopy research and technique

authors： Pawliczek P,Romanowska-Pawliczek A,Soltys Z

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vesicles or caveolae within endothelial cells, fusing together to form vacuolar organelles, are implicated in macromolecular transport and cellular element transmigration across the blood-brain barrier (BBB) during inflammation and ischemia. Vacuolar organelles have been described by transmission electron microscopy a...

journal_title：Microscopy research and technique

authors： Chen L,Chu W,Xu Y,Chen P,Lao F,Sun Q,Feng X,Han D

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work investigates recording bits on recordable and rewritable blu-ray discs using atomic force microscopy and conducting atomic force microscopy with high contrast, respectively. The geometric structure of the recording bits is clearly observed in images, which, when coupled with cross-section analysis, yields pr...

journal_title：Microscopy research and technique

authors： Chen SH,Lin WS,Wang WC

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ketogenic diets (KDs) have shown beneficial effects in experimental models of neurodegeneration, designating aged individuals as possible recipients. However, few studies have investigated their consequences on aging brain. Here, late-adult rats (19 months of age) were fed for 8 weeks with two medium chain triglycerid...

journal_title：Microscopy research and technique

authors： Balietti M,Fattoretti P,Giorgetti B,Casoli T,Di Stefano G,Platano D,Aicardi G,Lattanzio F,Bertoni-Freddari C

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article presents an integrated approach for the authentication of five Russian icons through the study of their paint materials (elemental composition and stratigraphic mapping), state of conservation and artistic technique. The results of the applied analytical protocol, involving optical and scanning electron m...

journal_title：Microscopy research and technique

authors： Sandu IC,Bracci S,Sandu I,Lobefaro M

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the morphological and macroscopic similarity, many species of Erigeron and Aster (Asteraceae) are confusable and usually used under the same name "Meiduoluomi" in traditional Tibetan medicine (TTM). To find an easy, quick, and reliable method to authenticate and distinguish the eight main medicinal plants o...

journal_title：Microscopy research and technique

authors： An J,Li J,Wang JG,Zhang ZF,Chen C,Zhang H

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Integrated information on ultrastructural surface texture and chemistry increasingly plays a role in the biomedical sciences. Light microscopy provides access to biochemical data by the application of dyes. Ultrastructural representation of the surface structure of tissues, cells, or macromolecules can be obtained by ...

journal_title：Microscopy research and technique

authors： Wagner M,Kaehler D,Anhenn O,Betz T,Awad S,Shamaa A,Theegarten D,Linder R

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dynamic transmission electron microscope (DTEM) is introduced as a novel tool for in situ processing of materials. Examples of various types of dynamic studies outline the advantages and differences of laser-based heating in the DTEM in comparison to conventional (resistive) heating in situ TEM methods. We demonst...

journal_title：Microscopy research and technique

authors： Taheri ML,Lagrange T,Reed BW,Armstrong MR,Campbell GH,DeHope WJ,Kim JS,King WE,Masiel DJ,Browning ND

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Femtosecond electron diffraction is a rapidly advancing technique that holds a great promise for studying ultrafast structural dynamics in phase transitions, chemical reactions, and function of biological molecules at the atomic time and length scales. In this paper, we summarize our development of a tabletop femtosec...

journal_title：Microscopy research and technique

authors： Nie S,Wang X,Li J,Clinite R,Cao J

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews recent research using a low-energy electron microscope, built by Tromp at IBM, and equipped with an accelerator that permits in situ irradiation with a beam of self-ions. The available ion energies of 20 eV to 5 keV span the range from epitaxial growth by a hyperthermal beam to sputtering at the l...

journal_title：Microscopy research and technique

authors： Ondrejcek M,Swiech W,Petrov I,Rajappan M,Flynn CP

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence and distribution of FMRFamide-like peptides (FLPs) in the cyprid larvae of the barnacle Balanus amphitrite were investigated using immunohistochemical methods. Barnacles are considered to be one of the most important constituents of animal fouling communities, and the cyprid stage is specialized for settl...

journal_title：Microscopy research and technique

authors： Gallus L,Ferrando S,Bottaro M,Diaspro A,Girosi L,Faimali M,Ramoino P,Tagliafierro G

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On continuing our studies on head and neck neoplasia, specimens from salivary gland tumors have been explored by using infrared microimaging spectroscopy to discern healthy from neoplastic tissues. Samples with Warthin tumor, epithelial displasia, marginal B-cell lymphoma, low-grade adenocarcinoma, and adenoid cystic ...

journal_title：Microscopy research and technique

authors： Conti C,Ferraris P,Garavaglia M,Giorgini E,Rubini C,Sabbatini S,Tosi G

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00