Abstract Scope |
Correlative microscopy (CM) workflows allow and aid solving a broad range of scientific and industrial problems (e.g. battery research, 3D printing, smart materials, integrated circuits, multi-physics simulation, etc.) previously unreachable by the typical experimental operando. CM workflows involve coordinated in 2D / 3D space and time (temporal 4D imaging) characterization of materials and components across a range of length scales. Various apparatus and imaging modalities contribute to the workflow, for example light, electron/ion microscopy, X-Ray computed tomography (CT), SIMS, EBSD, EDS, WDS, CL, XPS, Raman, STEM and TEM imaging and metrological techniques.
As a practical example of CM for aviation and aerospace industries we study a thermal barrier coating (TBC) used in the afterburner JT11D-20 engine. The CM workflow used in this study correlates 3D data from micro X-Ray CT, Plasma FIB-SEM serial sectioning tomography and S/TEM study across the length scales. |