Electron Microscopy

The Electron Microscopy Core Facility is part of the Innovative Electron Microscopy Department. It ensures day-to-day operation of the electron microscopy facility and provides service to researchers at INM covering a large spectrum of electron microscopy techniques (from sample preparation to image analysis) on a broad variety of samples (from hard hybrid materials to soft hydrogels). The core facility team performs the experiments, assists researchers with their use of the facility equipment, provides training for users, and consults regarding best practices for electron microscopy sample preparation, imaging techniques and image processing.

The Service Group works in close cooperation with different research departments at INM, research groups of Saarland University and other institutions on the Campus. The Service Group is also involved in method development at the Innovative Electron Microscopy Department.

Head of Electron Microscopy

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Team Members
Analysis techniques

Analysis techniques offered by the Electron Microscopy Service group:

  • Scanning Electron Microscopy
  • Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy
  • Focused Ion Beam microscopy and tomography
  • Conventional Transmission Electron Microscopy
  • Transmission Electron Microscopy at cryogenic temperatures
  • X-ray Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy
  • Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy
  • Electron Backscatter Diffraction
Sample preparation techniques
  • Scanning Electron Microscopy
  • Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy
  • Focused Ion Beam microscopy and tomography
  • Conventional Transmission Electron Microscopy
  • Transmission Electron Microscopy at cryogenic temperatures
  • X-ray Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy
  • Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy
  • Electron Backscatter Diffraction

Publications

2024
Towards controlled and simple design of non-enzymatic amperometric sensor for glycerol determination in yeast fermentation medium

Zolotukhina, Ekaterina V. | Butyrskaya, Elena | Fink-Straube, Claudia | Koch, Marcus | Silina, Yuliya E.

Analyticcal and bioanalytical chemistry , 2024, 416 3619-3630.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00216-024-05316-7

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A New Class of Polyion Complex Vesicles (PIC-somes) to Improve Antimicrobial Activity of Tobramycin in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Biofilms

Yildirim, Turgay | Bali, Aghiad | Koch, Marcus | Paul, Pascal | Latta, Lorenz | Scheider-Daum, Nicole | Gallei, Markus | Lehr, Claus-Michael

Small , 2024, 20 (40), 2401926.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/smll.202401926

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Melt electrowritten poly-lactic acid /nanodiamond scaffolds towards wound-healing patches

Wu, Xixi | Li, Wenjian | Herlah, Lara | Koch, Marcus | Wang, Hui | Schirhagl, Romana | Włodarczyk-Biegun

Materials Today Bio , 2024, 26 101112.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590006424001716

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Mechanistic aspects of glycerol oxidation on palladium electrocatalysts in model aqueous and fermentation media solutions

Silina, Yulia E. | Butyrskaya, E. V. | Koch, Marcus | Fink-Straube, Claudia | Korkmaz, Nuriye | Levchenko, M. G. | Zolotukhina, E. V.

Electrochimica Acta , 2024, 497 144479.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013468624007205?dgcid=rss_sd_all

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The RNA binding protein IGF2BP2/IMP2 alters the cargo of cancer cell-derived extracellular vesicles supporting tumor-associated macrophages

Mashayekhi, Vida | Schomisch, Annika | Rasheed, Sari | Aparicio-Puerta, Ernesto | Risch, Timo | Yildiz, Daniela | Koch, Marcus | Both, Simon | Ludwig, Nicole | Legroux, Thierry M. | Keller, Andreas | Müller, Rolf | Fuhrmann, Gregor | Hoppstädter, Jessica | Kiemer, Alexandra K.

2024, 22 344.
https://biosignaling.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12964-024-01701-y

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Evaluation of the Transport and Binding of Dopamine-Loaded PLGA Nanoparticles for the Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease Using In Vitro Model Systems

Danz, Karin | Fleddermann, Jana | Koch, Marcus | Fecioru, Elena | Maahs, Lorenz | Kinsinger, Nicole | Krämer, Johannes | Kraegeloh, Annette | Wagner, Sylvia

Pharmaceutics , 2024, 16 (5), 571_1-15.
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/pharmaceutics

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Soft Synthetic Cells with Mobile Membrane Ligands for Ex Vivo Expansion of Therapy-Relevant T Cell Phenotypes

Burgstaller, Anna | Piernitzki, Nils | Küchler, Nadja | Koch, Marcus | Kister, Thomas | Eichler, Hermann | Kraus, Tobias | Schwarz, Eva C. | Dustin, Michael | Lautenschlaeger, Franziska | Staufer, Oskar

Small , 2024, 20 (37), 2401844.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/smll.202401844

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Design and Self-Assembly of Second-Generation Dendrimer-like Block Copolymers

Hartmann, Frank | Dockhorn, Ron | Pusse, Sebastian | Niebuur, Bart-Jan | Koch, Marcus | Kraus, Tobias | Schießer, Alexander | Balzer, Bizan N. | Gallei, Marcus

Macromolecules , 2024, 57 (15), 7098–7111.
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.macromol.4c00944#_i24

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Nominal CaAl2Pt2 and Ca2Al3Pt – two new Intermetallic Compounds in the Ternary System Ca−Al−Pt

Engel, Stefan | Koch, Marcus | Janka, Oliver

Zeitschrift Für Anorganische Und Allgemeine Chemie , 2024, 650 (18), e202400094.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/zaac.202400094?af=R

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Amine-containing block copolymers for efficient catalyst-free hydroamination and preparation of functional metallopolymers

Rittner, Till | Ghulam, Kinza | Koch, Marcus | Gallei, Marcus

Polymer Chemistry , 2024, 15 (35), 3519-3528.
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2024/py/d4py00780h

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