ISSN:
1573-4803
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
Abstract Polystyrene (PS)-polyether sulphone (PES) polymer blend thin films were prepared for examination in a scanning transmission electron microscope. The microstructures observed in 75 wt % PS-25 wt % PES films consisted of spherical inclusions, ranging from ≈0.2 to ≈1.2μm in diameter. X-ray spectrometric analysis in the microscope revealed that the inclusions were PES-rich, while the matrix contained only PS. Attention in this paper is paid to the contrast in the annular dark-field detector (ADF) images from these thin films. This image contrast has a complicated dependence on both the angular range subtended by the dark-field detector and “mass-thickness” variations within the films. On microscopes with appropriate lens controls which permit the acceptance angle of the ADF detector to be varied, it becomes possible actually to reverse the contrast between the two phases.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01154602
