Practical method for high-resolution imaging of polymers by low-voltage scanning electron microscopy

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Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 122-130

  Gaillard, Cedric ^a   Stadelmann, Pierre A ^a   Plummer, Christopher J G ^b   Fuchs, Gilbert ^c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b LABORATOIRE DE TECHNOLOGIE DES COMPOSITES ET POLYMÈRES LTC   (Switzerland)

^c ARKEMA   (France)

Author keywords

Core shell latexes; Low voltage scanning electron microscopy; Polymer thin films; Ultramicrotomy

Indexed keywords

MATRIX ALGEBRA; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYMERS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CORE-SHELL LATEXES; POLYMETHYLMETHACRYLATES MATRIX;

SCANNING;

NANOPARTICLE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYMER; POLYPROPYLENE; RUBBER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON BEAM; FILM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THICKNESS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 3142724675     PISSN: 01610457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sca.4950260304     Document Type: Article

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