Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope for High Temperature Analysis

通过在环境扫描电镜中使用高温阶段，该项目旨在开发原位高温扫描电子显微镜的综合能力。这将使分析材料的行为作为温度升高的函数成为可能。作为该项目的结果，我们期望在几类先进材料中发现罕见和异常的微观结构现象。预计该项目将解决多种多功能先进材料的微观结构-性能-性能关系，包括聚合物，半导体，膜，复合材料和能源材料，以及促进澳大利亚科学技术的国家合作和全球管理。

Through the use of a high temperature stage in an environmental SEM, this project intends to develop a comprehensive capability for in situ high temperature scanning electron microscopy. This will enable analysis of material behaviour as a function of elevated temperature. As a result of the project, we expect to discover rare and anomalous microstructural phenomena in several classes of advanced materials. It is expected that this project will address microstructure-property-performance relationships in multiple multifunctional advanced materials, including polymers, semiconductors, membranes, composites, and energy materials, as well as fostering national collaboration and global stewardship of Australian science and technology.