We combine optical and non-optical imaging on the nanoscale towards a unique national nanoscale chemical imaging facility.
Our goal is to understand function
and failure of advanced technical or biological entities. This requires
complete imaging characterization, not only of structure and dynamics, but also
of chemical composition. A multitude of innovative multimodal imaging
techniques enhance the spatial resolution to nanometers or better and
facilitate the correlation of relevant physical properties.
The core of the national infrastructure for chemical imaging on the nanoscale consists of three universities: SDU, AAU, DTU
We combine our efforts and facilities to advance imaging
Our ambition is to image with nanometric resolution while at the same time identifying the materials.
Complete characterization requires information not only on the surface or bulk chemical components, but also on stereometric features such as size, distance, and homogeneity in three-dimensional space. A single analytical method, data aquisition routines and analysis, are frequently not sufficient and misleading. Instead, new multi-modal image correlation approaches are required, enhancing the spatial resolution to nanometers or better and facilitating the correlation of different physical properties.