The 16th European Microscopy Congress 2016
Probing the multiscale structure, composition and nanomechanical properties of lipids and biopolymers in natural systems: a few examples.
1. BIA Microscopy Facilities, INRA, Nantes, France
The natural systems as plants or animal tissues possess a highly complex organisation of numerous components: micronutriments, proteins, polyssacharides, lipids, water, …. Their natural arrangement…The 16th European Microscopy Congress 2016
Assessment of doping profiles in semiconductor nanowires by scanning probe microscopy: Study of p- type doping in ZnO nanowires.
Methods to measure and quantitatively determine the doping profile in semiconductor nanowires ( NW) are strongly requested for understanding the doping incorporation in such one-dimensional …The 16th European Microscopy Congress 2016
A Correlative Methodology based on SIMS for Advanced Materials Characterization
Development and innovations of modern high-performance materials rely crucially on the repertoire of characterization methods available. While individual techniques provide information on a specific aspect…The 16th European Microscopy Congress 2016
IR Nano-spectro-imaging: Characterization of polymeric nanoparticles and in vitro study of their interaction with cells.
Recently near-field techniques play a fundamental role in Nanoscience microscopy. Two different ways exist to make infrared studies with near-field techniques: optical techniques measuring the…The 16th European Microscopy Congress 2016
Structure and nanomechanical properties of a wonderfully complex material, the primary cell wall of plants: recent progress based on AFM and FESEM
1. Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Etats-Unis
Growing plant cells synthesize a strong yet extensible cell wall (=extracellular matrix) composed of long, thin cellulose microfibrils that are laterally bonded to one another…The 16th European Microscopy Congress 2016
Heterogeneity in nanoparticle size determination using several biophysical and microscopy methods
Nanoparticles belong to the class of nanomaterial that are natural, incidental, or manufactured materials containing elementary particles where at least one external dimension is in…The 16th European Microscopy Congress 2016
Correlative Microscopy: Raman Imaging Meets AFM, SNOM, and SEM
1. WITec GmbH, WITec GmbH, Ulm, Allemagne
The characterization of low-dimensional materials such as graphene or transition metal dichalogenides (TMDCs) often requires more than one technique to obtain a thorough understanding of…The 16th European Microscopy Congress 2016
Measuring the number of layers in 2D materials with SEM and AFM
1. Oxford Instruments, High Wycombe, Royaume Uni 2. Oxford Instruments, Yatton, Royaume Uni
2D transition metal chalcogenides enable exciting new applications in electronic devices and show great promise to replace traditional silicon technology as functional building blocks [1].…The 16th European Microscopy Congress 2016
Morphologies of a solvent cast polystyrene-polybutadiene-polystyrene (S-B-S) triblock copolymer characterised by TEM, AFM and Energy Filtered SEM
The most common method of characterisation of the morphologies of block copolymers is transmission electron microscopy (TEM) of ultrathin sections because of the nanoscale of…The 16th European Microscopy Congress 2016
A multimodal and multiscale approach to investigate the micronsized organisation of a very complex biological material : the wheat grain.
1. BIA Microscopy Facilities, INRA, Nantes, France
Nowadays, a large set of microscopy tools are commonly used to investigate the nanostructure of complex biological or synthetic materials with a multiscaled organisation: epi-fluorescence…