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- Thermally Induced alpha-Helix to beta-Sheet
Transition in Regenerated Silk Fibers and Films
Can
be found
here
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High-Resolution Electron Microscopy of Montmorillonite and
Montmorillonite/Epoxy Nanocomposites
Can be
found
here
Some of the research being done at AFRL began at the University of
Michigan where Dr. David Martin’s
lab was a beta site for the LVEM5 and where Larry Drummy -
currently at AFRL - was introduced to the LVEM5. Milestones
achieved at the University
of Michigan
include the first unstained images of dendrimers, thin films, block
copolymers, nanoparticles and nanofibers. Here is one of the papers
authored by Dave and Larry that draws considerably on LVEM5 results:
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Low-voltage electron microscopy of
polymer and organic molecular thin films
Can be found
here
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The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI),
La Jolla, California:
Originally
acquired for the observation of the aggregation state of membrane
protein solutions, the LVEM5 at Scripps is moving into anew hom e- a
BSL 3 facility (Biosafety
Level 3). Stay tune for updates on this exciting application.
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The Georgia Institute of
Technology, Atlanta,
Georgia
The
LVEM5 in the Emory/Georgia Tech Biomedical Technology Center is used by
a number of research groups for bith TEM and SEM capabilities. Stay
tuned for more results from this ambitious group of researchers.
http://www.bme.gatech.edu/
LVEM5
in Georgia Tech

A
second unit is installed in Professor David Bucknall’s lab. Professor
Bucknall’s areas of specialization are: Polymer interfaces and
surfaces, functionalised polymers, polymer molecular architecture,
polyrotaxanes, self-assembling structures, neutron scattering and
reflectivity, thin films, polymer soft lithography and nanopatterning,
field effects on polymers, polymer-plasticiser diffusion and other
diffusion processes, biomolecular layers at surfaces, industrial inkjet
(digital) printing, fluid wetting behaviour, microfluidics
http://www.mse.gatech.edu/FacultyStaff/MSE_Faculty_researchbios/Bucknall/bucknall.html
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, Maryland
At NIST, the LVEM5 is used in the Polymers Division (http://polymers.msel.nist.gov/index.cfm) to image a broad variety of materials in TEM and
scanning modes.

The University
of Tennessee,
Knoxville, Tennessee
At the University of Tennessee the LVEM5 is used in the Chemistry department to image
materials of various nature in both TEM and SEM mode.

VISIT
BACK FREQUENTLY – THERE ARE NEW UNITS INSTALLED ALL THE TIME AND WE
WILL KEEP YOU UP TO DATE ON WHAT LVEM USERS ARE DOING WITH THEIR UNITS…
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