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ESEM Studies of Surface Phenomena in Complex Fluids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 July 2020

R. G. Mathews ,
D. J. Stokes  and
A. M. Donald
R. G. Mathews
Affiliation:
Polymers and Colloids Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 OHE, UK
D. J. Stokes
Affiliation:
Polymers and Colloids Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 OHE, UK
A. M. Donald
Affiliation:
Polymers and Colloids Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 OHE, UK
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The ability of Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy (ESEM) to provide electron images of volatile and/or insulating samples without need for sample preparation allows imaging of liquid surface at resolutions substantially beyond those obtainable with optical microscopy.

The system chosen for study was a dispersion of di-iso-heptyl-phthalate (DHP) in water, stabilised with a mixed surfactant system comprising equal masses of Tween 20 (Polyoxyethylene sorbitan monolaurate) and Span 20 (Sorbitan monolaurate) at an effective HLB of 12.75. DHP was chosen for its unsaturated electronic structure, which improves secondary electron contrast in the ESEM, and for the similarity of its density (995 kgm-3) to water. Emulsions, containing between 25 and 80 vol% DHP and 0-3 wt% surfactant were produced in a Silverson mixer fitted with an emulsor screen. Samples were placed in a brass holder on a Peltier cooling stage and cooled to 2°C.

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Working with ESEM and Other Variable Pressure Systems
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Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 6 , Issue S2: Proceedings: Microscopy & Microanalysis 2000, Microscopy Society of America 58th Annual Meeting, Microbeam Analysis Society 34th Annual Meeting, Microscopical Society of Canada/Societe de Microscopie de Canada 27th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania August 13-17, 2000 , August 2000 , pp. 778 - 779
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Copyright © Microscopy Society of America

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