Enhanced Scanning Electron Microscopy Images Using Muscovite Mica, an Example with Rhizaria

Muscovite Mica sheets were used as a support to capture scanning electron microscopy pictures. The physical properties of the cleaved Muscovite Mica provide a clean background, which greatly reduces the post-processing of images, thereby enhancing them and resulting in impressive images. We chose siliceous Rhizaria for this investigation due to their morphological diversity and elaborate skeletons.