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9. Microscopes / Electron Microscopes / Problem 3

Why are Scanning Tunneling Microscopes not suitable for imaging live biological tissues?

A

Biological tissues are too large

B

Biological tissues are not conductive or semi-conductive and cannot be placed in a vacuum or at very low temperatures

C

Live biological tissues do not have enough detail to be imaged by STMs

D

STMs can only image non-living specimens

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