How to prepare cellulose sample for SEM ?

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Mohammad Khodaei

Dear Dr. Sharma

I think you should use E-SEM for imaging this sample. If you have not access to this equipment, its better to freeze-dry your sample and then make a thin layer (

Rishabh Sharma

I have made paper out of cellulose (by filter drying it).Can I coat Gold over it and obtain good SEM images?