Analyte
Solid systems;
Composites, materials, organic and inorganic substances, thin layers
Composites, materials, organic and inorganic substances, thin layers
Equipment
- Device: CM 200 (Phillips, Netherlands), accelerating voltage up to 200 kV, digital image recording and filing
- Preparation: ultra-thin cut technology with Ultracut-S (Leica, Germany), replica technology
Evaluation methods and targets
- Image analysis by image processing software (SIS GmbH, Germany): determination of particle sizes and their distribution
- Morphology of cross-sections and surfaces with a resolution of up to 10 nm
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
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