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1 - Past, Present, and Future Electron Microscopy of Liquid Specimens

from Part I - Technique

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2016

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Niels de Jonge  and
Frances M. Ross
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Frances M. Ross
Frances M. Ross
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IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, New York
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Liquid Cell Electron Microscopy , pp. 3 - 34
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