A facile pretreatment process for SEM: The use of room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) provides an interesting method for SEM of biological specimens. We used a novel and concise method of pretreatment, excluding fixation or Au sputtering steps. Fine and smooth-textured SEM images of a wide variety of biological specimens treated in this way were observed without artefacts.
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