Biophysical Electron Microscopy
Subtitle: Basic Concepts and Modern Techniques
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: January 2, 1991
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 540
ISBN-13: 9780123333551
Subjects: Microscopy; Biophysics (Specific Aspects); Electron Microscopy In Biology; Science; Science/Mathematics; Physics; Science / Physics
First sentence: The resolution of a light microscope, defined as the smallest distance E between just resolvable specimen points, is limited by the wavelength of the light and the numerical aperture n sin of the objective lens An improvement in the resolution is only possible by decreasing the wavelength using ultraviolet or X-rays, ultrasound waves or electrons and ions with a deBroglie wavelength which becomes = 3.7 pm for 100 keV electrons, for example.