Characterizing Thin-Films
• FTIR
The microporous thin-films produced in our laboratories are typically less than 0,5 microns thick. They are optically transparent as neither the particles nor the pores in the films scatter light. Characterizing these films is important and we utilize various optical, electrochemical and physical chemical methods in this effort. This list of tools is not meant to include all of the techniques that we use but those most common. For example, we occasionally utilize ESCA and other techniques but not routinely.