Separating topographical and chemical analysis of nanostructure of polymer composite in low voltage SEM

Description

Yes / The possibility of separating the topographical and chemical information in a polymer nano-composite using low-voltage SEM imaging is demonstrated, when images are acquired with a Concentric Backscattered (CBS) detector. This separation of chemical and topographical information is based on the different angular distribution of electron scattering which were calculated using a Monte Carlo simulation. The simulation based on angular restricted detection was applied to a semi-branched PNIPAM/PEGDA interpenetration network for which a linear relationship of topography SEM contrast and feature height data was observed. / EPSRC

Links & Downloads

1. Wan Q, Plenderleith RA, Dapor M et al (2015) Separating topographical and chemical analysis of nanostructure of polymer composite in low voltage SEM. Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 644. Conference 1.
2. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/11367
3. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/644/1/012018

Tags

Hydrogels; Topography

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/11367
Date	January 2015
Creators	Wan, Q, Plenderleith, R.A., Dapor, M., Rimmer, Stephen, Claeyssens, F., Rodenburg, C.
Source Sets	Bradford Scholars
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	Article, Published version
Rights	© 2015 The Authors. This Open Access article is distributed under the Creative Commons CC-BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)