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Freeze-fracture

A technique to prepare cells for scanning electron microscopy; cleavage of a solidly frozen cell, followed by freeze-etching, i.e. sublimation of some of the frozen water of the cell and coating the exposed subcellular structures with a film of platinum or carbon.

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