[Freeze-fracture replication techniques: technical developments and interpretation (author's transl)].
1978
U B Sleytr
UI
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D005614
Freeze Fracturing
Preparation for electron microscopy of minute replicas of exposed surfaces of the cell which have been ruptured in the frozen state. The specimen is frozen, then cleaved under high vacuum at the same temperature. The exposed surface is shadowed with carbon and platinum and coated with carbon to obtain a carbon replica.