Spectrometric determination of trace boron in biological materials after alkali fusion decomposition

1984 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 839-842 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuo. Yoshino ◽  
Makoto. Okamoto ◽  
Hidetake. Kakihana ◽  
Takabumi. Nakanishi ◽  
Masamitsu. Ichihashi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biological Materials ◽  
Alkali Fusion

Enhanced information from biological materials through technological improvements in cryo-electron microscopy

1992 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 788-789
Author(s):  
Marc J.C. de Jong ◽  
Wim M. Busing ◽  
Max T. Otten
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Electron Beam ◽  
Biological Materials ◽  
Electron Crystallography ◽  
Cryo Electron Microscopy ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
The Many ◽  
Technological Improvements ◽  
Beam Damage

Biological materials damage rapidly in the electron beam, limiting the amount of information that can be obtained in the transmission electron microscope. The discovery that observation at cryo temperatures strongly reduces beam damage (in addition to making it unnecessaiy to use chemical fixatives, dehydration agents and stains, which introduce artefacts) has given an important step forward to preserving the ‘live’ situation and makes it possible to study the relation between function, chemical composition and morphology.Among the many cryo-applications, the most challenging is perhaps the determination of the atomic structure. Henderson and co-workers were able to determine the structure of the purple membrane by electron crystallography, providing an understanding of the membrane's working as a proton pump. As far as understood at present, the main stumbling block in achieving high resolution appears to be a random movement of atoms or molecules in the specimen within a fraction of a second after exposure to the electron beam, which destroys the highest-resolution detail sought.

Separation and determination of Cd in biological materials by continuous-flow fluid extraction coupled to flow-injection ICP-AES

1995 ◽  
Vol 351 (8) ◽  
pp. 802-804 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Vereda Alonso ◽  
M. T. Siles Cordero ◽  
A. Garc�a de Torres ◽  
J. M. Cano Pav�n
Keyword(s):  
Flow Injection ◽  
Continuous Flow ◽  
Biological Materials ◽  
Fluid Extraction

scholarly journals THE EFFECTS ON BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS OF FREEZING AND DRYING BY VACUUM SUBLIMATION

1954 ◽  
Vol 100 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald Greiff ◽  
Henry Pinkerton
Keyword(s):  
Influenza Virus ◽  
Biological Materials ◽  
Continuous Operation ◽  
Virus Suspension ◽  
Vacuum Sublimation ◽  
End Point ◽  
Different Temperatures ◽  
Time Required

A vacuum sublimation apparatus is described which will permit, (a) the removal of water from virus suspensions at temperatures ranging down to –80°C., (b) continuous operation with a minimum of attention from the investigator, (c) sealing off of samples at operating pressures (10–5 mm. Hg), (d) simultaneous lyophilization of aliquot samples at different temperatures, (e) isolation of a portion of the apparatus without disturbing the remainder of the system, and (f) determination of the end-point of sublimation without disturbing the samples. The time required for drying 0.1 ml. of influenza virus suspension was shown to increase markedly with decrease of temperature, 8 days being required for dehydration at –80°C. in contrast to 2 days at –30°C. and 1 day at 0°C.

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