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Confocal Microscopy: Applications in Materials Science
Author(s) -
Hoheisel Werner,
Jacobsen Wolfgang,
Lüttge Bernhard,
Weiner Wolfgang
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
macromolecular materials and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.913
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1439-2054
pISSN - 1438-7492
DOI - 10.1002/1439-2054(20011101)286:11<663::aid-mame663>3.0.co;2-e
Subject(s) - materials science , confocal , raman spectroscopy , confocal microscopy , microscopy , confocal laser scanning microscopy , nanotechnology , chemical imaging , polymer , spectrometer , sample preparation , polymer science , optics , composite material , biomedical engineering , computer science , hyperspectral imaging , chromatography , chemistry , physics , artificial intelligence , medicine
Confocal microscopy is increasingly becoming recognized as a valuable analytical tool in material science although long established in life sciences. It is shown that this technique can be employed successfully in investigating polymers, coatings, emulsions, etc. Using the scattered light not only for imaging but also for analysis in a Raman spectrometer chemical information from an exactly defined volume smaller than 1 μm 3 within the sample can be achieved.