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SEM/TEM Projects

SEM/TEM projects for comparison with AFM

Includes labor, SEM/TEM use, basic supplies (complex methods at additional fee).

  • Compare SEM/TEM with AFM to find the best fit.

  • Acquire data for samples that do not work well by AFM

SEM of a biofilm with false color
Bacterial biofilm SEM

SEM image of a bacterial biofilm with highlighted structures (red: bacteria, yellow: extracellular matrix, blue: salt crystal)

Correlating or comparing SEM/TEM/AFM

With our expertise in these technologies and the associated sample preparation we find the best fit and deliver correlative data. Combine the power of three high resolution methods! Read more about the key benefits each instrument brings to answering your questions here.

Examples

SEM: Bulky samples with large height differences

SEM oregano leaf

SEM of a leaf surface

SEM image of the underside of an oregano leaf.

SEM housefly head

SEM: low magnification of bulky biomaterials

SEM image of a housefly head showing compound eyes, sensory hairs and olfactory organs

TEM: Embedded tissues and negative staining

TEM fibroblast cell with nucleus and cytoplasmic organelles

TEM fibroblast cell

TEM image of a fibroblast cell with nucleus and cytoplasmic organelles

TEM glomerular basement membrane with podocyte

TEM kidney GBM

TEM image of a thin section through the glomerular basement membrane and a podocyte cell in mouse kidney