■ Foreword
Joy of Microscope
■ Feature Articles: Image formation and detection of signal in SEM
Introduction
SEM Image Viewed from Simulated Behavior of Penetrating Electrons in Specimens
Illumination Effects and Image Contrasts Due to Various Electron Detectors in SEM
Detection of Backscattered Electrons with a Deceleration System of the Incident Beam in SEM
Introduce of the Signal Detection System Using ExB
Signal Detection in a SEM with the Magnetic/Electrostatic Compound Lens System
Signal Detection in Low Vacuum Scanning Electron Microscopy
■ Reviews
Tunnel Conductance Measurements of Nano-regions Performed in Transmission Electron Microscopes
Neuronal Network Linked by Gap Junctions
■ Lectures
Functional Investigation Using Quantum Dot Multiple Staining
Imaging Technique of Weak Luminescence and Fluorescence for Application on Life Science and Medicine
Remote Control System for the Ultrahigh Voltage Electron Microscope
Principles of TEM Image Formation (II)
■ Researches Today
Organization of Connectivity of the Rat Retrosplenial Cortex
Analysis on Dynamics of Carbon Nanomaterials under Electron Beam Irradiation
Three Dimensional Observation of the Vascular Networks in the Brain
■ Conference Reports
The 64-th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Microscopy
The 1st International Symposium on Advanced Microscopy and Theoretical Calculations (AMTC1)
■ Staff Commentary