## Abstract The distribution of fibers in agarose gels has been studied by electronβmicroscopic examination of replicas formed from freezeβfracture surfaces. For gels set in water, the results obtained support the model proposed for the gel structure by Arnott et al. (1974) of a random array of lon
Electron microscopy of beaded agarose gels
β Scribed by T. K. Attwood; B. J. Nelmes; D. B. Sellen
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 698 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0006-3525
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β¦ Synopsis
Electron microscopy has been carried out on sections of beaded agarose with a wide range of thicknesses, and the results have been analyzed by means of stereological theory using computer graphics. The results agree with a randomly orientated system in which, for 4% gels, the mean molecular weight per unit length of the fiber system is 110 kg mol-' nm-', and the number average interjunction length is 37 nm, with an asymmetrical distribution resembling a Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution. The spatial distribution of the structure is not uniformly random and there seem to be microvoids.
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