Water without windows: Evaluating the performance of open cell transmission electron microscopy under saturated water vapor conditions, and assessing its potential for microscopy of hydrated biological specimens

• Cathal Cassidy ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: c.cassidy@oist.jp

  Affiliation Quantum Wave Microscopy, OIST Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0828-731X

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• Masao Yamashita,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Quantum Wave Microscopy, OIST Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan

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• Martin Cheung,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Quantum Wave Microscopy, OIST Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan

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• Chola Kalale,

  Roles Validation

  Affiliation Quantum Wave Microscopy, OIST Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan

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• Hidehito Adaniya,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Quantum Wave Microscopy, OIST Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan

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• Ryusuke Kuwahara,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Quantum Wave Microscopy, OIST Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan

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• Tsumoru Shintake

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Quantum Wave Microscopy, OIST Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan

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