Wolfgang Jacobsen

Confocal microscopy: Applications in materials science

Confocal microscopy is increasingly becoming recognized as a valuable analytical tool in material science although long established in life sciences. It is shown that this technique can be employed successfully in investigating polymers, coatings, emulsions, etc. Using the scattered light not only for imaging but also for analysis in a Raman spectrometer chemical information from an exactly defined volume smaller than 1 μm 3 withi the sample can be achieved.