Our Capabilities
Electron Microscopy
A range of imaging and analytical techniques providing morphological, chemical and crystallographic information down to the atomic level
Methods
- SEM
- TEM
- Thin sections
- Atomic-level resolution
- Electron diffraction
- EELS
- EDX
Applications of Electron microscopy
- Electron microscopy allows our customers to see, measure and analyse structures on a range of scales inaccessible by other techniques.
- Materials investigated include polymers, composites, catalysts, packaging, fabrics, foodstuffs and biological tissues.
- Identifying unique markers e.g. trace elements within a product to defend against copying and legal claims
- Identification of unknowns e.g competitive materials or unwanted material from production
- Safety assessment e.g. occupational hygiene in the workplace
- Investigation of colour defects in a product e.g. checking for correct polymer additives.
- Potential for elemental speciation
The MSG advantage
- SEM
- Topographic contrast
- Atomic number contrast
- Imaging of hydrated materials
- Elemental composition and element-mapping
- TEM
- Crystalline structure
- Chemical composition
- Elemental composition and mapping (STEM)
- Our broad expertise of sample preparation gives us a unique problem-solving capability
