Area
Surface analysis in Germany
Methods for surface chemistry, contamination, topography and morphology, with the number of German facilities that publish each capability and the cities they are in.
- X-ray photoelectron spectroscopyElemental composition and chemical state of the near-surface region, optionally with sputter depth profiling.16 facilities
- SEM with EDXScanning electron microscopy combined with elemental point analysis or mapping.105 facilities
- Scanning electron microscopyElectron-beam imaging of surfaces and cross-sections with detector-dependent contrast.190 facilities
- Atomic force microscopyNanoscale surface topography and roughness with probe-mode-dependent property mapping.52 facilities
- Raman spectroscopyMolecular, vibrational, phase, and stress information from Raman scattering.33 facilities
- Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopyChemical-bond and molecular-group identification using infrared absorption or reflection.45 facilities
Facilities by city
German facilities that publish at least one of these methods. A facility on several sites counts once in each city.
Potential German facilities
231 facilities publish at least one of these methods in Berlin, Dresden, Freiburg, Hamburg, Hannover, Aachen, Jena, Braunschweig, Chemnitz, Leipzig, Potsdam, Stuttgart, Bremen, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main, Heidelberg, Karlsruhe, Lemgo, Magdeburg, Mainz, Saarbrücken, Wildau, Augsburg, Bayreuth, Bielefeld, Bremerhaven, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Erlangen, Esslingen am Neckar, Freiberg, Göttingen, Greifswald, Halle (Saale), Kaiserslautern, Kiel, Köln, Mülheim an der Ruhr, München, Osnabrück, Paderborn, Rudolstadt, Sankt Augustin, Schmalkalden, Siegen, Tübingen, Ulm, Wismar, Würzburg, Aalen, Aschaffenburg, Aschheim, Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe, Bamberg, Bochum, Bonn, Brandenburg an der Havel, Coburg, Cottbus, Darmstadt, Deggendorf, Denkendorf, Diepholz, Dortmund, Duisburg, Eberswalde, Emden, Erfurt, Essen, Flensburg, Frankfurt (Oder), Fürth, Garching, Geesthacht, Geisenheim, Gelsenkirchen, Gießen, Greiz, Gummersbach, Hamm, Hanau, Heilbronn, Hildesheim, Hof, Ilmenau, Itzehoe, Kassel, Kempten, Kleve, Koblenz, Konstanz, Krefeld, Lübeck, Mannheim, Marburg, Merseburg, Mittweida, Münster, Neubiberg, Nürnberg, Oberhausen, Offenburg, Oldenburg, Pfinztal, Pforzheim, Planegg, Potsdam-Golm, Radeberg, Rheinbach, Rostock, Rüsselsheim am Main, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Schweinfurt, Solingen, Sonneberg, Steinfurt, Stralsund, Weiden, Weimar, Weingarten, Weißandt-Gölzau, Wolfenbüttel, Zittau and Zwickau.
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Problems in this area
- Surface contamination: identifying what is thereWhich surface-sensitive measurements identify a residue, oxide or trace contaminant, what each cannot see, and what to prepare.
- Coating failure analysis: from symptom to causeHow to analyse a coating that cracks, discolours, corrodes or wears: compare failed and intact parts and test the likely explanations.