Morphology Of Complex Nanoparticle Mixtures
The performance of new materials and devices depend heavily on morphological considerations: degree of crystallinity, conformation of amorphous species, and relative organization of one species with respect to another, characteristics which can be determined by thermal analysis. These considerations are important for functional materials such as photovoltaics and MEMS devices, as well as bulk materials that derive their performance characteristics from specific local morphologies. One such example is a polymer-based solar cell.
