ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGE OF CHARACTERISATION ACROSS THE LENGTH SCALES

摘要

One of the biggest issues facing the microscopy of materials is the length scale issue. Components that are used in every day life are typically on the length scale of millimetres to several meters. For example, the aluminium alloy wing skin on a modern passenger aircraft is tens of meters long. The high strength steel bars used for impact resistance to protect passengers in cars are typically around a meter in size.