Polymers

Hydro-2 (Filofocon A) polymer, irradiated with an excimer laser. Sample courtesy of Jan Siegel, PhD, Laser Processing Group, Instituto de Optica - CSIC, Madrid, SPAIN. 20 microns scan.

Spherulites of isotactic polypropylene. Scan size 42 x 42 microns, closed loop active. Sample courtesy of Dr. V. Prokhorov, Shemyakin & Ovchinikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, RAS.

145x145nm topography scan of C32H66 lamellar stripes taken with fpN01-DLC cantilever. Several interesting defects at the intersection of the islands with different orientation are clearly seen in the image.