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Title: Cryo-EXLO for Cryo-TEM of FIB Specimens
Award ID(s):
1719875
PAR ID:
10411500
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Microscopy and Microanalysis
Volume:
28
Issue:
S1
ISSN:
1431-9276
Page Range / eLocation ID:
1244 to 1244
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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