Seeing inside multilayer materials with IR and Raman microscopy
Wednesday, October 21 at 16:00 BST | 17:00 CEST | 11:00 EDT | 08:00 PDT
From food packaging to advanced engineered materials, multilayer structures are becoming increasingly sophisticated. Understanding what is inside these materials, how layers are arranged, and where different components are located can be a significant analytical challenge, particularly when ultra-thin polymer layers are combined with metals or other non-polymeric materials.
Join Application Scientist Fabian Knechtel, who specializes in advanced materials characterization using vibrational spectroscopy and microscopy techniques, for this SelectScience® webinar. Knechtel will demonstrate how infrared (IR) microscopy, Raman microscopy, and chemical imaging can reveal the composition and structure hidden within multilayer materials.
Using multilayer food packaging as a real-world example, Knechtel will show how individual layers can be visualized, unknown materials identified, and complex layer architectures reconstructed using a non-contact analytical approach.
By attending, you will gain practical insights into how IR and Raman imaging can help characterize challenging multilayer structures and generate the detailed chemical information needed to support reverse engineering, quality control, failure analysis, and materials innovation.
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Webinar details
Cost: Free to attend
Location: Online
Duration: 60 minutes
Speakers
Who should attend?
- Multilayer materials scientists and specialists
- Food packaging professionals
- Polymer and plastics scientists
- Packaging film and laminate developers
- R&D and quality control professionals
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What will this webinar cover?
- How IR and Raman imaging reveal the chemical structure of complex multilayer materials
- How thin layers and unknown components can be identified by their spectral fingerprints
- How chemical imaging adds spatial information that conventional microscopy alone cannot provide
- How IR and Raman imaging support reverse engineering, troubleshooting, and quality control of multilayer materials
- Why IR and Raman imaging are gaining importance in advanced materials characterization
Join the webinar to get answers to these questions:
- How can IR and Raman imaging reveal the chemical structure of complex multilayer materials?
- How can thin layers and unknown components be identified by their spectral fingerprints?
- What spatial information does chemical imaging provide beyond conventional microscopy?
- How do IR and Raman imaging support reverse engineering, troubleshooting, and quality control?
- Why are IR and Raman imaging increasingly important in advanced materials characterization?