A new HPF specimen carrier adapter for the use of high-pressure freezing with cryoscanning electron microscope: two applications: stearic acid organization in a hydroxypropyl methylcellulose matrix and mice myocardium

Summary
Cryogenic transmission electron microscopy of high-pressure
freezing (HPF) samples is a well-established technique for the
analysis of liquid containing specimens. This technique enables observation without removing water or other volatile components. The HPF technique is less used in scanning electron microscopy (SEM) due to the lack of a suitable HPF specimen carrier adapter. The traditional SEM cryotransfer system

(PP3000T Quorum Laughton, East Sussex, UK; Alto Gatan,
Pleasanton, CA, USA) usually uses nitrogen slush. Unfortunately, and unlike HPF, nitrogen slush produces water crystal artefacts.
So, we propose a new HPF specimen carrier adapter for sa…………………………..