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Cryo-light microscope and immersion medium for cryo-light microscopy

US11754823B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Föderung der Wissenschaften e.V. · US

Inventors

Thomas Burg · Cambridge, US
Margherita Bassu · Oettingen, DE
Yara Mejia · Berkeley, US
Raffaele Faoro · Oettingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 18, 2020
Grant date	Sep 12, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 4, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B21/28
WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Ethoxy-nonafluorobutane (C4F9OC2H5) is used as an immersion medium for immersing an immersion objective of a cryo-light microscope. The cryo-light microscope comprising an immersion objective, a front lens mount holding a front lens of the immersion objective, a sample holder and a cold stage carrying the sample holder further has a heating device coupling a heat flow into the front lens mount.

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