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

This position is currently vacant.
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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

2021
Visualization of the structure of native human pulmonary mucus

Meziu, Enkeleda | Koch, Marcus | Fleddermann, Jana | Schwarzkopf, K. | Schneider, M. | Kraegeloh, Annette

International Journal of Pharmaceutics , 2021, 597 120238.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378517321000429

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Failure mechanism analysis based on laser-based surface treatments for aluminum-polyamide laser joining

Elahi, Mahdi Amne | Koch, Marcus | Bardon, Julien | Addiego, Frédéric | Plapper, Peter

Journal of Materials Processing Technology , 2021, 298 117318.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0924013621002788

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Evaluation of the joint based on different surface conditions for aluminum-polyamide laser welding

Elahi, Mahdi Amne | Koch, Marcus | Plapper, Peter

Journal of Laser Applications , 2021, 33 (1), 012036.
https://lia.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.2351/7.0000326

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A novel universal algorithm for filament network tracing and cytoskeleton analysis

Flormann, Daniel A. | Schu, Moritz | Terriac, Emmanuel | Thalla, Divyendu G. | Kainka, Lucina | Koch, Marcus | Gad, Annica K. B. | Lautenschläger, Franziska

The FASEB Journal , 2021, 35 (5), e21582.
https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fj.202100048R

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Toward Alginate-Based Membrane Technology for High Performance Recovery of Heavy Metals in Cells

Katsen-Globa, Alisa | Schulz, André | Pütz, Norbert | Koch, Marcus | Kohl, Yvonne | Schneider-Ickert, Andreas W. | Velten, Thomas | Silina, Yuliya E.

ACS Applied Bio Materials , 2021, 4 (3), 2558-2569.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.0c01559

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Towards hybrid one-pot/one-electrode Pd-NPs-based nanoreactors for modular biocatalysis

Koch, Marcus | Apushkinskaya, N. | Zolotukhina, E. V. | Silina, Yulia E.

Biochemical Engineering Journal , 2021, 175 108132.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369703X21002084

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One-Pot Synthesis of Copper Iodide-Polypyrrole Nanocomposites

Konakov, Artem O. | Dremova, Nadejda N. | Khodos, Igor I. | Koch, Marcus | Zolotukhina, Ekaterina V. | Silina, Yuliya E.

Chemosensors , 2021, 9 (3), 56.
https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9040/9/3/56

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Reliable release testing for nanoparticles with the NanoDis System, an innovative sample and separate technique

Lombardo, Sonia M. | Günday Türeli, Nazende | Koch, Marcus | Schneider, Marc | Türeli, Akif E.

International Journal of Pharmaceutics , 2021, 609 121215.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378517321010218

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Stimulation of Probiotic Bacteria Induces Release of Membrane Vesicles with Augmented Anti-inflammatory Activity

Müller, Lisann | Kuhn, Thomas | Koch, Marcus | Fuhrmann, Gregor

ACS Applied Bio Materials , 2021, 4 (5), 3739–3748.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.0c01136

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Selective sensing of adenosine monophosphate (AMP) over adenosine diphosphate (ADP), adenosine triphosphate (ATP), and inorganic phosphates with zinc(ii)-dipicolylamine-containing gold nanoparticles

Reinke, Lena | Koch, Marcus | Müller-Renno, Christine | Kubik, Stefan

Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry , 2021, 19 (17), 3893-3900.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/D1OB00341K

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