Physics:Durcupan

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Durcupan is a water-soluble epoxy resin produced by the Fluka subsidiary of Sigma-Aldrich. It is commonly used for embedding electron microscope samples in plastic so they may be sectioned (sliced thin) with a microtome and then imaged. [1] [2] [3]

Durcupan is notable for refractive index nD20 of 1.654, which is a very high value for epoxy resins.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Stäubli, W. (1963). "A new embedding technique for electron microscopy, combining a water-soluble epoxy resin (Durcupan) with water-insoluble Araldite". The Journal of Cell Biology (Rockefeller Univ Press) 16 (1): 197-201. doi:10.1083/jcb.16.1.197. PMID 13978678. PMC 2106182. http://jcb.rupress.org/content/16/1/197.full.pdf. 
  2. ↑ Kushida, H. (1963). "A Modification of the Water-miscible Epoxy Resin "Durcupan" Embedding Method for Ultrathin Sectioning". Journal of Electron Microscopy (Japan Society Microscopy) 12 (1): 72-73. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jmicro.a049375. http://jmicro.oxfordjournals.org/content/12/1/72.extract. 
  3. ↑ "Durcupan recipe". Cold Spring Harbor Protocols 2011: pdb.rec12381. 2011. doi:10.1101/pdb.rec12381. http://cshprotocols.cshlp.org/content/2011/1/pdb.rec12381.full. 
  4. ↑ Punge, A. (2009). Polymer embedding for ultrathin slicing and optical nanoscopy of thick fluorescent samples. Dissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultäten der Georg-August-Universität zu Göttingen. pp. 34-35. https://d-nb.info/1000019918/34#page=44. 



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