Nurturing Life Sciences
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#Unit 13. Methods in Biology
For TEM two types of staining is done:
Negative staining
Metal shadowing
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Negative staining- heavy metal coats the grid but is excluded from the regions where the sample has adhered.
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Commonly used heavy metals
Uranyl acetate
Osmium tetraoxide
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Metal shadowing- thin film of platinum is coated from a fixed angle. it provides information about the three-dimensional topology of the sample.
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Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) allows investigators to view the surfaces of unsectioned metal-coated specimens
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Molecules in the metal coating are excited and release secondary electrons that are focused onto a scintillation detector