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Izabela Zglobicka1, Maciej Łojkowski1, Ewa Borucinska1

  • 1Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Bialystok University of Technology, Bialystok, Poland.

Journal of microscopy
|February 24, 2026
PubMed
概括

通过将扫描电子显微镜 (SEM) 与共聚焦显微镜相结合,可以实现精确的藻形形态测量. 这种方法可以纠正SEM投射扭曲和干燥引起的孔径收缩,提供可靠的孔径大小评估.

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