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Tsai, C.-Y.; Chang, Y.-C.; Lobato, I.; Van Dyck, D.; Chen, F.-R. |
| Title |
Hollow Cone Electron Imaging for Single Particle 3D Reconstruction of Proteins |
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A1 Journal article |
| Year |
2016 |
Publication |
Scientific reports |
Abbreviated Journal |
Sci Rep-Uk |
| Volume |
6 |
Issue |
6 |
Pages |
27701 |
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A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Vision lab |
| Abstract |
The main bottlenecks for high-resolution biological imaging in electron microscopy are radiation sensitivity and low contrast. The phase contrast at low spatial frequencies can be enhanced by using a large defocus but this strongly reduces the resolution. Recently, phase plates have been developed to enhance the contrast at small defocus but electrical charging remains a problem. Single particle cryo-electron microscopy is mostly used to minimize the radiation damage and to enhance the resolution of the 3D reconstructions but it requires averaging images of a massive number of individual particles. Here we present a new route to achieve the same goals by hollow cone dark field imaging using thermal diffuse scattered electrons giving about a 4 times contrast increase as compared to bright field imaging. We demonstrate the 3D reconstruction of a stained GroEL particle can yield about 13.5 A resolution but using a strongly reduced number of images. |
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Department of Engineering and System Science, Tsing-Hua University, HsinChu 300, Taiwan |
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English |
Wos |
000377670500001 |
Publication Date |
2016-06-13 |
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Edition |
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| ISSN |
2045-2322 |
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Additional Links |
UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles |
| Impact Factor |
4.259 |
Times cited |
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Open Access |
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| Notes |
D. Van Dyck acknowledges the financial support from the Fund for Scientific Research – Flanders (FWO) under Project nos. VF04812N and G.0188.08. F. R. Chen would like to thank the support from NSC 101-2221-E-007- 063-MY3 and MOST 104-2321-B-007-004. We are grateful for the use of the Tecnai F20 in the Cryo-EM Core Facility, Department of Academic Affairs and Instrument Service at Academia Sinica. |
Approved |
Most recent IF: 4.259 |
| Call Number |
c:irua:134038 |
Serial |
4087 |
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Jany, B.R.; Gauquelin, N.; Willhammar, T.; Nikiel, M.; van den Bos, K.H.W.; Janas, A.; Szajna, K.; Verbeeck, J.; Van Aert, S.; Van Tendeloo, G.; Krok, F. |
| Title |
Controlled growth of hexagonal gold nanostructures during thermally induced self-assembling on Ge(001) surface |
Type |
A1 Journal article |
| Year |
2017 |
Publication |
Scientific reports |
Abbreviated Journal |
Sci Rep-Uk |
| Volume |
7 |
Issue |
7 |
Pages |
42420 |
| Keywords |
A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) |
| Abstract |
Nano-sized gold has become an important material in various fields of science and technology, where control over the size and crystallography is desired to tailor the functionality. Gold crystallizes in the face-centered cubic (fcc) phase, and its hexagonal closed packed (hcp) structure is a very unusual and rare phase. Stable Au hcp phase has been reported to form in nanoparticles at the tips of some Ge nanowires. It has also recently been synthesized in the form of thin graphene-supported sheets which are unstable under electron beam irradiation. Here, we show that stable hcp Au 3D nanostructures with well-defined crystallographic orientation and size can be systematically created in a process of thermally induced self-assembly of thin Au layer on Ge(001) monocrystal. The Au hcp crystallite is present in each Au nanostructure and has been characterized by different electron microscopy techniques. We report that a careful heat treatment above the eutectic melting temperature and a controlled cooling is required to form the hcp phase of Au on a Ge single crystal. This new method gives scientific prospects to obtain stable Au hcp phase for future applications in a rather simple manner as well as redefine the phase diagram of Gold with Germanium. |
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000393940700001 |
Publication Date |
2017-02-14 |
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2045-2322 |
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Additional Links |
UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles |
| Impact Factor |
4.259 |
Times cited |
25 |
Open Access |
OpenAccess |
| Notes |
The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the Polish National Science Center, grant no. DEC-2012/07/B/ST5/00906. N.G., G.V.T. and J.V. acknowledge the European Union (EU) Council under the 7th Framework Program (FP7) ERC Starting Grant 278510 VORTEX for support. The Research Foundation Flanders is acknowledged through project fundings (G.0374.13N, G.0368.15N, G.0369.15N) and for a Ph.D. research grant to K.H.W.v.d.B. The microscope was partly funded by the Hercules Fund from the Flemish Government. T.W. acknowledges the Swedish Research Council for an international postdoc grant. The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union Seventh Framework Programme under Grant Agreement 312483–ESTEEM2 (Integrated Infrastructure Initiative–I3). Part of the research was carried out with equipment purchased with financial support from the European Regional Development Fund in the framework of the Polish Innovation Economy Operational Program (Contract No. POIG.02.01.00-12-023/08). |
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Most recent IF: 4.259 |
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EMAT @ emat @ c:irua:140846UA @ admin @ c:irua:140846 |
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4423 |
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