What are the advantages of WETSEM® over cryo-SEM techniques?
By avoiding the need to freeze samples, it becomes possible to conduct “in-situ” studies. WETSEM® Technology creates the possibility to image and study a full process rather than intermittent results. It enables the user to prepare a single sample and follow its development rather than deduce what the development process is from a jigsaw of several independent samples. If samples are also being freeze-fractured, results will normally be obtained from the least cohesive plane – the plane where the fracture occurred. Using WETSEM® Technology, the plane observed will not be dependant on forces, internal or external, which are applied on the sample. Preparing WETSEM® samples is quick and easy and takes only a few minutes, saving time and effort.
