Transmission electron microscopy and Microanalysis

• JEOL JEM-100 CX II transmission electron microscope
• JEOL JEM-2100 analytical TEM now installed

Scanning electron microscopy and Microanalysis

• JEOL JSM-6490LV variable-pressure scanning electron microscope system with remote operability
• Noran System SIX X-ray microanalysis system with Nanotrace Si(Li) detector for the JSM-6490LV SEM
• JEOL JSM-6300 scanning electron microscope
• Thermo Vantage energy-dispersive X-ray analysis unit with digital and spectral imaging for the JSM-6300
• Coming soon! Analytical high-resolution field-emission scanning electron microscope system: JEOL JSM-7600F

Sample Preparation Equipment

• GATAN model 656 Dimple Grinder
• GATAN Precision Ion Polishing System
• RMC MTXL Ultramicrotome
• Cryoultramicrotome: RMC Powertome XL with CR-X crysectioning system
• 2 sputter coaters, 2 critical-point driers
• Coming soon! JEOL IB09010CP Cross Section Polisher

Light microscopes

• CARV confocal scanning unit attached to Nikon Eclipse E600W fluorescence light microscope
• Olympus and Leitz research-grade compound and stereo light microscopes
• 3 rotary microtomes

-Digital imaging, storage, and retrieval capabilities

-Codonics NP-2660 photographic network printer

-Epson Stylus Photo 2200 color inkjet photographic printer

All of our electron microscopes are in climate-controlled rooms for your comfort and best microscope performance.