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Electron Microscopy Facility

Researchers have access to a state-of-the-art FEI Tecnai F30 scanning transmission electron microscope, which was installed in the University in May 2003. The EM facility provides user training and all other standard EM services which include:

• For Physical Science – phase-contrast TEM imaging which provides information on materials structures at atomic resolution, diffraction contrast imaging which is used for morphology and defect investigation, STEM Z-contrast imaging which presents information not only on crystal structure but also on chemical composition at atomic resolution, electron diffraction that can be used for crystal structure and orientation investigation, elemental analysis using X-ray energy-dispersive spectrometry, and tomography for 3D structure determination.
  
• For Biological Science – tissue embedding, sectioning, immunogold-labeling, negative staining, and imaging.
  

* If you are a new user of the facility, please view our training page.