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Polyvinyl formaldehyde resin (Formvar) is the most widely used support film material for coating grids because of its stability under the electron beam and the consistency of the films produced.
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Dykstra, M.J., Reuss, L.E. (2003). Techniques. In: Biological Electron Microscopy. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9244-4_14
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