Fluorescence microscopy as an alternative to electron microscopy for microscale dispersion evaluation of organic–inorganic composites
Imaging of inorganic dispersions in organic-inorganic composites is typically performed using electron microscopy. Here, the authors show that surfactants with attached aggregation-induced emission fluorophores allow simple fluorescence imaging of the spatial distribution of the inorganic filler dis...
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| author | Weijiang Guan Si Wang Chao Lu Ben Zhong Tang |
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| description | Imaging of inorganic dispersions in organic-inorganic composites is typically performed using electron microscopy. Here, the authors show that surfactants with attached aggregation-induced emission fluorophores allow simple fluorescence imaging of the spatial distribution of the inorganic filler dispersion. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8ff22523718c4ab0a648d6d8fe8719142022-12-21T23:08:59ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232016-06-01711710.1038/ncomms11811Fluorescence microscopy as an alternative to electron microscopy for microscale dispersion evaluation of organic–inorganic compositesWeijiang Guan0Si Wang1Chao Lu2Ben Zhong Tang3State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyState Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyState Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyDepartment of Chemistry, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyImaging of inorganic dispersions in organic-inorganic composites is typically performed using electron microscopy. Here, the authors show that surfactants with attached aggregation-induced emission fluorophores allow simple fluorescence imaging of the spatial distribution of the inorganic filler dispersion.https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11811 |
| spellingShingle | Weijiang Guan Si Wang Chao Lu Ben Zhong Tang Fluorescence microscopy as an alternative to electron microscopy for microscale dispersion evaluation of organic–inorganic composites Nature Communications |
| title | Fluorescence microscopy as an alternative to electron microscopy for microscale dispersion evaluation of organic–inorganic composites |
| title_full | Fluorescence microscopy as an alternative to electron microscopy for microscale dispersion evaluation of organic–inorganic composites |
| title_fullStr | Fluorescence microscopy as an alternative to electron microscopy for microscale dispersion evaluation of organic–inorganic composites |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fluorescence microscopy as an alternative to electron microscopy for microscale dispersion evaluation of organic–inorganic composites |
| title_short | Fluorescence microscopy as an alternative to electron microscopy for microscale dispersion evaluation of organic–inorganic composites |
| title_sort | fluorescence microscopy as an alternative to electron microscopy for microscale dispersion evaluation of organic inorganic composites |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11811 |
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