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Recent Updates on Methods, Applications, and Practical Uses of Scanning Electron Microscopy in Various Life Sciences

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The current abstract explores the basic concepts, fundamental principles, and advantages of SEM (Scanning Electron Microscope) over other microscopic techniques. SEM is commonly used in physical, materials, and chemical sciences. It is now widely accepted and applied in medical studies, biological science, and pharmaceutical sciences. This wide range of SEM utility in biological areas has opened up more avenues and opportunities to understand and visualise the unknown facts and concepts in biomedicine. Furthermore, advances in SEM in various life sciences have aided in the improved imaging and study of a variety of biological specimens. The progress of SEM in various life sciences is thoroughly discussed in this chapter. Apart from its life science applications, the value of SEM in nanotechnology, microchip production, and digital artwork is briefly touched upon.

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  1. Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, National College of Pharmacy, Calicut, India

    S. Kathirvel & Akash Marathakam

  2. Research Department, Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar

    Selvasankar Murugesan

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  1. Departamento de Ingeniería, Instituto Tecnológico El Llano Aguascalientes (ITEL)/Tecnológico Nacional de México (TecNM), Aguascalientes, Mexico

    Sathish-Kumar Kamaraj

  2. Sede Vallenar, Universidad de Atacama, Vallenar, Chile

    Arun Thirumurugan

  3. School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

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  4. Institute of Physics, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Casilla 306, RM - Santiago, Chile

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Kathirvel, S., Murugesan, S., Marathakam, A. (2022). Recent Updates on Methods, Applications, and Practical Uses of Scanning Electron Microscopy in Various Life Sciences. In: Kamaraj, SK., Thirumurugan, A., Dhanabalan, S.S., Hevia, S.A. (eds) Microscopic Techniques for the Non-Expert. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99542-3_8

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