The environmental scanning electron microscope (SEM) eliminates the high-vacuum requirement of conventional SEM, allowing the analysis of unprepared, wet samples.
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Baumgarten, N. Environmental SEM premières. Nature 341, 81–82 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1038/341081a0
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