title: Cyanoacrylate glue as an alternative mounting medium for resin-embedded semithin sections.
abstract: 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.
authors: Pei-Yun
authors: PY
authors: Liu
authors: Gael E
authors: GE
authors: Phillips
authors: Margit
authors: M
authors: Kempf
authors: Leila
authors: L
authors: Cuttle
authors: Roy M
authors: RM
authors: Kimble
authors: James R
authors: JR
authors: McMillan
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000269:Adhesives; D003487:Cyanoacrylates; D004853:Epoxy Resins; D014992:Xylenes; D003993:Dibutyl Phthalate