MORPHOLOGY AND SURFACE ROUGHNESS MEASUREMENTS
| Technique | Type of apparatus |
Partner name, Contact person Expertise of the personel |
Types of possible experiments |
| Optical roughness analysis (MicroGlider) | MicroGlider (chromatic white light sensor) and Thin Film Sensor FTR (VIS-interferometer), Fries Research and Technology GmbH | IPF Dr. rer. nat. Astrid Drechsler Tel.: +49(0)3514658-540 Polymer surfaces: morphology, roughness, interaction forces, contact angle, wetting and absorption, adsorption |
- Quantitative determination of surface morphology and topometry, roughness and waviness on microscopic scale - Thickness determination of e.g. polymer layers using optical non-contact methods |
| Confocal microscopy | µsurf explorer (scan-disk confocal high resolution microscope), NanoFocus AG | IPF Dr. rer. nat. Astrid Drechsler Tel.: +49(0)3514658-540 |
- Quantitative topographic surface characterisation; investigation of micro-defects |
| Non-contact surface profilometry | TRACEiT, INNOWEP GmbH Measuring & Testing | IPF Dr. rer. nat. Astrid Drechsler Tel.: +49(0)3514658-540 |
- Spectrophotogrammetry: analysis of topography and morphology of rougher surfaces. - Translucency of materials |
| Micro-mechanical and tribological analysis | Universal Surface Tester (UST), INNOWEP GmbH Measuring & Testing | IPF Dr. rer. nat. Astrid Drechsler Tel.: +49(0)3514658-540 |
- Analysis of micro-mechanical, micro-tribological and functional properties of materials in situ in the submicrometer range using abrasion, wear, scratch resistance, micro friction, structure and haptic parameters - Evaluation of surface mechanical properties of plastics, lacquers, coatings, fabrics, polymers, metals, ceramics, rubber and biological materials. |
