Shared Experimental Facilities

The University of Maryland MRSEC supports major Shared Equipment Facilities for cutting-edge materials research. These SEF's provide critical infrastructure for sample fabrication, compositional and multi-scale structural analysis. Each SEF is expertly staffed, equipped and maintained for efficient operation. SEF's are accessible to users from the Center, participating organizations, and other organizations and sectors. Cooperative arrangements with the Maryland NanoCenter and academic departments ensure efficient operation and the broadest possible usage.

Sample Fabrication

• Keck Laboratory - Combinatorial Nanosynthesis
• Nanoelectronics Facility
• Floating Zone Furnace

Compositional Analysis

• Transmission Electron Microscopy Facility
• Small Spot Xray Photoelectron Spectrometer

Multiscale Structural Analysis

• Transmission Electron Microscopy Facility
• Variable Temperature UHV Scanning Tunneling Microscope
• Scanning Electron Microscopy/Scanning Tunneling Microscopy/Atomic Force Microscopy
• Keck Laboratory - Multi-mode Microscope

UMD Instrumentation Infrastructure

• Maryland NanoCenter
• Electron Microscopy Facility (NISP Lab)
• Chemistry Department Equipment Facilities
• Center for Nanophysics and Advanced Materials (CNAM) Facilities