Scanning Electron Microscopy
Introduction
The Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) was a development of the electron microscope. Unlike a light microscope, using light, the electron microscope uses a focussed beam of electrons to image materials. The first version of this technology was the transmission electron microscope (TEM). Some example SEM images are shown on this current page.
- On this site the acronym "SEM" is used to denote a Scanning Electron Micrograph, the image produced by this form of microscopy.
Microscopy Timeline
- 1665 - Robert Hooke publishes Micrographia, a collection of biological micrographs.
- 1674 - Anton van Leeuwenhoek improved simple microscope for biological specimens.
- 1833 - Brown published a microscopic observation of orchids, describing the cell nucleus.
- 1898 - Golgi first saw and described the Golgi apparatus by staining cells with silver nitrate.
- 1931 - Ernst Ruska first transmission electron microscope, (TEM).
- 1938 - Von Ardenne first scanning electron microscope (SEM)
- 1965 - first commercial scanning electron microscopes.
- 1986 - Ernst Ruska, Gerd Binnig and Heinrich Rohrer receive the Nobel Prize in Physics for invention of the electron microscope (ER) and scanning tunneling microscope (GB and HR).
Human Embryo SEM Images
There are a series of beautiful SEM images made available by Prof Kathy Sulik of the early developing human embryo between week 3 to 5 (Carnegie stage 7 to 14) available: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14.
- Links: Stage 11 SEM images | Stage 12 SEM images | Stage 13 SEM images | Stage 14 SEM images | Category:Scanning EM
Other Species SEM Images
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Sea Urchin (2 cell stage) | Sea Urchin (16 cell stage) |
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Chicken primordial germ cell (PGC) grown in vitro[1] | Hamster oocyte and spermatozoa |
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Fly wild-type head | Fly antennapedia head |
- Carnegie Stages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | About Stages | Timeline
References
Reviews
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Articles
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Search Pubmed: Scanning Electron Microscopy
External Links
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- Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize in Physics 1986 Ernst Ruska, Gerd Binnig, Heinrich Rohrer Nobel Speech
- Dartmouth Electron Microscope Facility A variety of scanning and transmission electron microscope images (These images are in the public domain)
- University of Minnesota Bob Hafner - Scanning Electron Microscopy Primer (PDF)
- Molecular Expressions Virtual Scanning Electron Microscopy
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Cite this page: Hill, M.A. (2024, June 4) Embryology Scanning Electron Microscopy. Retrieved from https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/Scanning_Electron_Microscopy
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