Evaluation of techniques used for visualisation of hydrogel morphology and determination of pore size distributions
Imanda Jayawardena, Petri Turunen, Bruna Cambraia Garms, Alan E. Rowan, Simon R. Corrie, Lisbeth Grøndahl
Abstract
This study evaluated stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscopy, atomic force microscopy (AFM), and cryogenic scanning electron microscopy (Cryo-SEM), for visualising the morphology and obtaining pore size information of agarose hydrogels.
Topics & Concepts
STED microscopyMorphology (biology)AgaroseAtomic force microscopyScanning electron microscopeSelf-healing hydrogelsMicroscopyMaterials scienceElectron microscopeNanotechnologyChemical engineeringChemistryComposite materialPolymer chemistryOpticsStimulated emissionChromatographyPhysicsGeologyPaleontologyLaserEngineeringHydrogels: synthesis, properties, applicationsSupramolecular Self-Assembly in MaterialsProteins in Food Systems