High Temperature TEM Heating Stage for Investigating SWCNT Dispersions in Polymers

Abstract

The Fusion-500 TEM hot-stage holder will significantly expand our ability to investigate nano-filler modified high-performance polymer nano composites using the existing TEMs currently present at the Chapel Hill Analytical and Nanofabrication Laboratory (CHANL). This probe will allow us to investigate in-situ changes in materials (e.g. soft matter, (nano)composites/nanomaterials, metals and ceramics) as a function of temperature (T max = 1200 C) such as crystallization, melting and other phase transitions with high resolution. This capability can be used, for example, to learn more about phase transformation kinetics and investigate how materials fatigue. The TEM hot-stage holder will be managed and operated by the staff of CHANL and made available to other UNC-based research groups.

Document Details

Document Type
DoD Grant Award
Publication Date
Apr 29, 2019
Source ID
W911NF1910253

Entities

People

  • Theodorus Dingemans

Organizations

  • Army Contracting Command
  • United States Army
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Nanocomposite Materials Science
  • Nanoscale Plasmonic Nanotechnology
  • Research Science/Academic Research