X-ray microanalysis in biology: experimental techniques and applications

Contents......Page 8
Contributors......Page 11
Preface......Page 14
Recent developments in X-ray detectors and their relevance in biological X-ray microanalysis......Page 18
Quantitative software for biological applications of X-ray micro analysis......Page 34
X-ray mapping techniques in biology......Page 40
Quantitative X-ray microanalysis of thin sections in biology: appraisal and interpretation of results......Page 62
Z Proton probe microanalysis in biology: general principles and applications for the study of Alzheimer's Disease......Page 77
Electron energy-loss spectroscopy and electron probe X-ray microanalysis of biological material: a comparative quantitative anal......Page 96
H Rapid freezing techniques for biological electron probe microanalysis......Page 116
Radiation damage and low temperature X-ray microanalysis......Page 132
X-ray microanalysis in histochemistry......Page 148
Sprayed microdroplets: methods and applications......Page 166
X-ray microanalysis of biological fluids: applications to investigations in renal physiology......Page 190
Electron probe X-ray microanalysis of bacterial cells: general applications and specific studies on plant pathogenic bacteria......Page 213
Ion localisation in plant cells using the combined techniques offreezesubstitution and X-ray microanalysis......Page 232
A Electron probe X-ray microanalysis of diffusible ions in cells and tissues from invertebrate animals......Page 246
X-ray microanalysis in pollution studies......Page 271
X-ray microanalysis in biomaterials research......Page 297
H Applications of X-ray microanalysis in biomedicine: an overview......Page 311
X-ray microanalysis of cultured mammalian cells......Page 331
Index......Page 344