Nanoscale Materials Characterization Facility Department of Materials Science & Engineering University of Virginia
Unique Instruments Enable Cutting Edge Research
The Nanoscale Materials Characterization Facility (NMCF) at the University of Virginia (UVA) is a state-of-the-art facility dedicated to microscopy, chemical and structural characterization of materials from atomic to macroscopic levels. To accomplish this, the facility houses an array of instruments, including two scanning transmission electron microscopes, two scanning electron microscopes, a dual focused ion-beam system, multi-purpose and single-crystal X-ray diffractometers, a 3D X-ray tomography instrument, an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy system with attached reaction chamber, a multi-wavelength Raman/atomic force microscope system, a scanning white-light interferometer, a digital optical imaging system, and extensive specimen preparation, computation and analysis facilities. The NMCF is available for use by all qualified faculty, students and researchers at UVA, as well as by researchers from other universities, industries and abroad. Technical staff, students and faculty are available to assist researchers using the instruments, and courses in electron microscopy and materials characterization are offered each year.
