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)