introduction babesiosis is caused by apicomplexa parasites of the genus babesia. humans are commonly infected by babesia through tick bites. there is limited information available about babesia infection of humans in china. the aim of this study was to isolate the pathogen from a patient with severe parasitemia. case presentation blood samples were observed by transmission electron microscopy (...

Abbreviations: BOD: biochemical oxygen demand COD: chemical oxygen demand OD: optical density OW: optimized wastewater PNSB: purple non sulphur photosynthetic bacteria ROW:raw optimized wastewater RW: raw wastewater SCP: single cell protein SEM: scanning electron microscope SOW: sterile optimized wastewater SW: sterile wastewater TEM: transmission electron microscope TKN: total kjeldahl nitroge...

The preparation of a planar FeRh thin film using a focused ion beam (FIB) secondary electron microscope (SEM) for the purpose of in situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM) is presented. A custom SEM stub with 45° faces allows for the transfer and milling of the sample on a TEM heating chip, whilst Fresnel imaging within the TEM revealed the presence of the magnetic domain walls, confirming ...

Hydroxyapatite nanorods aligned with ultrahigh crystallinity and high-yield were successfully synthesized through a hydrothermal approach. In this experiment, a new composition of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide ((CH3(CH2)15N+(CH3)3Br-) was designated as CTAP)/Ca(NO3)2/(NH4)2HPO4/NaOH and distilled water under hydrothermal condition, to synthesize single crystalHAp nanorods with diameter of 20 ±...

The progress in (scanning) transmission electron microscopy has led to an unprecedented knowledge of the microscopic structure of functional materials at the atomic level. Additionally, although not widely used yet, electron holography is capable to map the electric and magnetic potential distributions at the sub-nanometer scale. Nevertheless, in-situ studies inside a (scanning) transmission el...

Electron tomography is a three-dimensional technique well suited for characterizing fine-scale microstructural features on the order of 10-100 nm. Typically performed in a transmission electron microscope (TEM), it relies on successive image acquisition at multiple sample tilts. Images may be formed through various techniques including conventional and scanning transmission electron microscopy ...

We have investigated the changes produced in single-element and two-layer transmission electron microscope (TEM) specimens irradiated by an intense nanometer-sized electron probe, such as that produced in a field-emission or aberration-corrected TEM. These changes include hole formation and the accumulation of material within the irradiated area. The results are discussed in terms of mechanisms...

A method to produce metal electrodes with a gap of a few nanometers with a highly focused electron beam in a transmission electron microscope (TEM) is described. With this method the electrical and geometrical characterization of the same particle is possible. The I-V characteristics of a gold particle trapped between such electrodes showed the expected single-electron tunneling behavior, with ...

Stereological analysis has been coupled with transmission electron microscope (TEM) orientation mapping to investigate the grain boundary character distribution in nanocrystalline copper thin films. The use of the nanosized (<5 nm) beam in the TEM for collecting spot diffraction patterns renders an order of magnitude improvement in spatial resolution compared to the analysis of electron backsca...

Electron microscopy of materials in a gaseous environment has its origins as far back as about the 1950s for the transmission electron microscope (TEM), later followed by developments for the scanning electron microscope (SEM). Focusing on the latter, this review outlines the history and commercial development of the technology, culminating in the environmental SEM (ESEM), and the techniques fo...