Abstract
In scanning transmission x-ray microscope (STXM), it is possible to obtain dark-field images by blocking the undeviated transmitted photons so that only x-rays scattered by the specimen are detected. The method offers much higher contrast of small features and the possibility of detecting small features with higher signal to noise for the same incident x-ray flux. Also the signal depends on both the amplitude and phase of the specimen, rather than just the amplitude. One important application of dark-field x-ray microscopy is the imaging of gold-labelled biological specimens. A detailed experimental characterization of the optical set-up was undertaken. Images have been obtained, of a sample consisting of 30-nm-diameter gold spheres on a formvar film.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings - Annual Meeting, Microscopy Society of America |
| Editors | G.W. Bailey, A.J. Garratt-Reed |
| Pages | 52-53 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| State | Published - Dec 1 1994 |
| Event | Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Microscopy Society of America - New Orleans, LA, USA Duration: Jul 31 1994 → Aug 5 1994 |
Other
| Other | Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Microscopy Society of America |
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| City | New Orleans, LA, USA |
| Period | 7/31/94 → 8/5/94 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Engineering