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Tool to cut fine samples for microscopy
A microtome is a cutting tool used to produce extremely thin slices of material known as sections, with the process being termed microsectioning. Important in science, microtomes are used in microscopy for the preparation of samples for observation under transmitted light or electron radiation. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: MicrotomeA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Culture of vibrating microtome tissue slices as a 3D model in biomedical researchInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: A piezoelectric thin-sectioning attachment for a standard microtomeThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Estimation of nuclear population from microtome sectionsCited 3,696 times
- Go sideways: UltramicrotomyA closely related topic
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📖 Definitions
Noun A special instrument that produces very thin slices of plant and animal tissues, for later examination by light microscope or electron microscope.
Verb To cut into sections using a microtome
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Estimation of nuclear population from microtome sections
The core-microtome: A new tool for surface preparation on cores and time series analysis of varying cell parameters
MICROTOME FOR THE PREPARATION OF TISSUE SLICES FOR METABOLIC STUDIES OF SURVIVING TISSUES IN VITRO
New perspectives for wood anatomical analysis in dendrosciences: The GSL1-microtome
A new microtome for ultrathin sectioning for high resolution electron microscopy
Sectioning Techniques for Electron Microscopy Using a Conventional Microtome
Precise Adjustment of Nanometric-Scale Diffusion Layers within a Redox Dendrimer Molecule by Ultrafast Cyclic Voltammetry: An Electrochemical Nanometric Microtome
Daily reconstruction of water temperature from oxygen isotopic ratios of a modern Tridacna shell using a freezing microtome sampling technique
🆕 Influential since 2022
Culture of vibrating microtome tissue slices as a 3D model in biomedical research
Mastering the art of sectioning: a comprehensive guide to slide-microtome technology and histological applications
The rapid-tome, a 3D-printed microtome, and an updated hand-sectioning method for high-quality plant sectioning
AFM monitoring of the cut surface of a segmented polyurethane unveils a microtome-engraving induced growth process of oriented hard domains
Rapid histological imaging of bone without microtome sectioning using nonlinear microscopy
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕A piezoelectric thin-sectioning attachment for a standard microtomeJames Sayre Ronne · 1956
- 📕Fixation, dehydration and embedding of biological specimensAudrey M. Glauert · 1974
- 📕The effective use and proper care of the microtomeOscar W. Richards · 1942
- 📕A new carbon-dioxide freezing microtomeCharles Russell Bardeen · 1900
- 📕Advances and applications of ultramicrotomySanford B. Newman · 1951
- 📕Plant microtechnique manualReid Merrifield Brooks, Muriel Virginia Bradley · 1950
- 📕Section cutting in microscopyH. F Steedman · 1960
- 📕Commission memorandum opinion in support of the Commission action in the matter of certain ultra-microtome freezing attachmentsUnited States International Trade Commission. · 1976
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