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Imaging individual particles in concentrated colloidal dispersions by confocal scanning light microscopy
Author(s) -
van Blaaderen Alfons
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.19930050112
Subject(s) - materials science , scanning confocal electron microscopy , microscopy , nanotechnology , confocal microscopy , resolution (logic) , confocal laser scanning microscopy , colloid , scanning electron microscope , confocal , optical microscope , optics , biomedical engineering , chemical engineering , composite material , medicine , physics , artificial intelligence , computer science , engineering
The study of colloidal dispersions is important in many areas, such as ceramics and electrorheological liquid research. Techniques such as high‐resolution electron microscopy, which must be used in a vacuum, and light microscopy with its lower resolution and the fact that out‐of‐focus information contributes to the image have severe limitations in this work, many of which are avoided through the use of confocal scanning light microscopy. The pros and cons of the technique and its applications are discussed.