Analyte
Solid systems; systems with liquid phase
Composites, materials, organic and inorganic substances, thin layers
Composites, materials, organic and inorganic substances, thin layers
Equipment
- Device: JSM 6330 F (Jeol, Japan) accelerating voltage 0,5 ... 30 kV
- Detector for backscattered electrons
- Cryo transfer system Alto 2500 (Oxford Instruments, England)
- Digital image recording and filing
- EDX (energy dispersive X-ray micro analysis), Noran System SIX (Thermo Noran, USA)
Evaluation methods and targets
- Image analysis by image processing software (SIS GmbH, Germany): determination of particle sizes and their distribution
- Morphology of fractures, cuts and surfaces with a resolution up to 10 nm
- Qualitative and quantitative elemental analysis
Aim
- Identification of morphological structures in materials from natural and synthetic polymers
- Investigation of structure-property-correlations depending on production and growth parameters, respectively, particularly natural polymers
- Investigation of liquid (particularly water-based) systems in frozen state
- Determination of element composition of microstructures
Application examples
Contact
Dr. Manfred Pinnow
Research division
Biopolymers
phone +49 (0) 331/ 568-1814
fax +49 (0) 331/ 568-3815
email pinnow@iap.fraunhofer.de
Research division
Biopolymers
phone +49 (0) 331/ 568-1814
fax +49 (0) 331/ 568-3815
email pinnow@iap.fraunhofer.de
Comparative and supplementary methods