Sample preparation techniques
- Negative staining
- Plunge freezing
- Chemical fixation
- High-pressure freezing of cells, organisms and tissues
- Freeze substitution
- Resin embedding
- Ultramicrotomy
- Cryo-ultramicrotomy for the Tokuyasu technique
- On-section immuno-labelling
- Shadowing
- Critical point drying
- Sputter-coating