APPLICATIONS OF FIELD-EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON-MICROSCOPY TO POLYMER MEMBRANE RESEARCH

被引:13
作者
KIM, KJ [1 ]
DICKSON, MR [1 ]
CHEN, V [1 ]
FANE, AG [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV NEW S WALES,BIOMED EM UNIT,KENSINGTON,NSW 2033,AUSTRALIA
来源
MICRON AND MICROSCOPICA ACTA | 1992年 / 23卷 / 03期
关键词
FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (FESEM); LOW VOLTAGE SEM (LVSEM); POLYMER MEMBRANE; ULTRAFILTRATION; MEMBRANE FOULING; CHARACTERIZATION;
D O I
10.1016/0739-6260(92)90029-D
中图分类号
TH742 [显微镜];
学科分类号
摘要
The recent development of ultra-high resolution field emission scanning electron microscopy has opened exciting new opportunities in many scientific and engineering applications at the molecular scale. It overcomes the instrumentation limitations of low resolution in SEM and uncertainty in TEM due to artifacts imposed by sample preparation. Applications of field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) to polymer membrane research such as studies of surface morphology of finely porous membranes and mechanisms of membrane fouling are illustrated with examples. The advantages of the technique, especially the low voltage requirements of FESEM for surface observation, are also discussed in comparison with TEM (replica) and conventional SEM.
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页码:259 / 271
页数:13
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