• 文献标题:   Graphene oxide single sheets as substrates for high resolution cryoTEM
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   VAN DE PUT MWP, PATTERSON JP, BOMANS PHH, WILSON NR, FRIEDRICH H, VAN BENTHEM RATM, DE WITH G, O REILLY RK, SOMMERDIJK NAJM
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  • 出版物名称:   SOFT MATTER
  • ISSN:   1744-683X EI 1744-6848
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Warwick
  • 被引频次:   11
  • DOI:   10.1039/c4sm02587c
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

CryoTEM is an important tool in the analysis of soft matter, where generally defocus conditions are used to enhance the contrast in the images, but this is at the expense of the maximum resolution that can be obtained. Here, we demonstrate the use of graphene oxide single sheets as support for the formation of 10 nm thin films for high resolution cryoTEM imaging, using DNA as an example. With this procedure, the overlap of objects in the vitrified film is avoided. Moreover, in these thin films less background scattering occurs and as a direct result, an increased contrast can be observed in the images. Hence, imaging closer to focus as compared with conventional cryoTEM procedures is achieved, without losing contrast. In addition, we demonstrate an similar to 1.8 fold increase in resolution, which is crucial for accurate size analysis of nanostructures.