Visualization of crystalline structures and morphologies at different scale levels using correlative (analytical) microscopy
Optical microscopy equipped with a hot stage and a shear cell
- Visualization of crystalline structures and phase morphologies at the µm-scale
- Investigations of melting and crystallization behavior of semi-crystalline thermoplastics
- Investigations of morphology development under shearing load
Electron microscopy equipped with an EDX-Detector and AFM
- Investigations of crystalline and lamellar structures in the nm-range using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
- Characterization of interfaces and fractured surfaces
- Chemical composition
- Visualization of phase morphologies
- Fillers distributions (size, shape and orientation of fillers within polymers)