Cyanoacrylate glue as an alternative mounting medium for resin-embedded semithin sections.
Commercially available generic Superglue (cyanoacrylate glue) can be used as an alternative mounting medium for stained resin-embedded semithin sections. It is colourless and contains a volatile, quick-setting solvent that produces permanent mounts of semithin sections for immediate inspection under the light microscope. Here, we compare the use of cyanoacrylate glue for mounting semithin sections with classical dibutyl phthalate xylene (DPX) in terms of practical usefulness, effectiveness and the quality of the final microscopic image.
Liu
Pei-Yun
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Phillips
Gael E
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Kempf
Margit
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Cuttle
Leila
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Kimble
Roy M
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McMillan
James R
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D000269:Adhesives; D003487:Cyanoacrylates; D003993:Dibutyl Phthalate; D004853:Epoxy Resins; D016591:Histocytological Preparation Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D016613:Plastic Embedding; D014992:Xylenes
D000269:Adhesives; D003487:Cyanoacrylates; D004853:Epoxy Resins; D014992:Xylenes; D003993:Dibutyl Phthalate