Instrumentation

Instruments are made available on a collaborative basis.

Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)

  • COXEM EM-30N SEM

    • Secondary Electron Detector (SE)

    • Backscattered Electron Detector (BSE)

    • Cooling stage for liquid and biological samples (-25℃ to 50℃)

Atomic Force Microscope (AFM)

  • AFMWorkshop TT-2 Atomic Force Microscope

    • Force-distance curve capability

    • Open fluid cell (Dunk and Scan Option)

Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM)

  • 120kV JEOL JM-1400 Transmission Electron Microscope

    • AMT-NanoSprint15L-MarkII bottom-mount camera

    • Double-tilt beryllium specimen holder for electron tomography

    • STEM unit for bright-field and dark-field imaging

    • Oxford Aztec EDS detector for elemental analysis

Light Microscopes

  • Leica M125 C stereoscope

    • DMC6200 digital camera

    • Polarizer

  • Nikon SMZ-745T stereoscope

Rotary Microtome

  • Leica RM2125RTS manual rotary microtome

Ultramicrotome

  • Leica Ultracut EM UC7RT ultramicrotome

Glass Knife Maker

  • Leica EM KMR3 glass knifemaker

Sputter Coater

  • MicroNanoTools MNT-JS1600 plasma sputtering coater

Instruments are made available on a collaborative basis.