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  2. Scanning electron microscope - Wikipedia

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    Image of pollen grains taken on a SEM shows the characteristic depth of field of SEM micrographs M. von Ardenne's first SEM SEM with opened sample chamber Analog type SEM. A scanning electron microscope (SEM) is a type of electron microscope that produces images of a sample by scanning the surface with a focused beam of electrons.

  3. Forensic palynology - Wikipedia

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    This helps in identification with the help of available reference collections to make comparisons on the pollen's characteristics. [19] The scanning electron microscope (SEM) has been used traditionally since the 1970s for primary identification of palynomorphs, but is very time-consuming, tedious, and not ideal for routine analysis. [5]

  4. Environmental scanning electron microscope - Wikipedia

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    The environmental scanning electron microscope (ESEM) is a scanning electron microscope (SEM) that allows for the option of collecting electron micrographs of specimens that are wet, uncoated, or both by allowing for a gaseous environment in the specimen chamber.

  5. Sporopollenin - Wikipedia

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    SEM image of pollen grains. Sporopollenin is a biological polymer found as a major component of the tough outer (exine) walls of plant spores and pollen grains. It is chemically very stable (one of the most inert among biopolymers) [1] and is usually well preserved in soils and sediments.

  6. Palynology - Wikipedia

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    Studies of the geographic distribution and seasonal production of pollen, can be used to forecast pollen conditions, helping sufferers of allergies such as hay fever. Melissopalynology: the study of pollen and spores found in honey. Archaeological palynology examines human uses of plants in the past. This can help determine seasonality of site ...

  7. Pollen - Wikipedia

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    Pollen microspores of Lycopersicon esculentum at coenocytic tetrad stage of development observed through oil immersion microscope; the chromosomes of what will become four pollen grains can be seen. In angiosperms, during flower development the anther is composed of a mass of cells that appear undifferentiated, except for a partially ...

  8. Scanning transmission electron microscopy - Wikipedia

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    A scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) is a type of transmission electron microscope (TEM). Pronunciation is [stɛm] or [ɛsti:i:ɛm]. As with a conventional transmission electron microscope (CTEM), images are formed by electrons passing through a sufficiently thin specimen. However, unlike CTEM, in STEM the electron beam is focused ...

  9. Optical sectioning - Wikipedia

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    (a) Optically sectioned fluorescence images of a pollen grain. (b) Combined image. (c) Combined image of a group of pollen grains. [1]Optical sectioning is the process by which a suitably designed microscope can produce clear images of focal planes deep within a thick sample.