Choosing the Right Surface Imaging Technique

With so many surface imaging techniques available, it can be a challenge to select the best method for your project. Each technique provides surface data which can impact numerous functional characteristics of materials, parts, and devices.

This eBrief will provide a quick reference of key considerations across 8 main surface imaging methods to help you make the best choice, faster.

Read the blog: Guiding Principles when Planning Surface Roughness Analysis

For more information about the techniques in this eBrief, check out:

1. Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)
2. Chromatic Dispersion Profilometry (CDP)
3. Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy (LSCM / VK)
4. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
5. (Scanning) Transmission Electron Microscopy (S/TEM)
6. White Light Interferometry (WLI)
7. Wide Area, 3D Patterned Light Measurement (VR)