The Transmission Electron Microscopy
Laboratory is a state-of-the-art facility that is part of the
Electron Microbeam Analysis Facility in the Department of Earth
and Planetary Sciences and Institute of Meteoritics, University of New Mexico. The
laboratory provides powerful techniques for characterization of
the internal structure and chemical composition of materials
through electron imaging, electron diffraction, energy
dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDS) and electron energy loss spectroscopy at the near atomic level.
In addition, the laboratory also has a full range of sample preparation
equipment for preparing a wide range of different materials for electron
microscope studies
This laboratory is a multi-user, interdisciplinary
facility that is open to students, staff and faculty at the
University of New Mexico, as well as to users and scientific
collaborators from other institutions.
Access to the instrument is by arrangement with
Professor Adrian Brearley (Lab Director) or Dr.
Peng Li (Lab Manager). For users who are interested in being trained to
use the instrument themselves, we offer a 500 level graduate class (EPS 564
-Analytical Electron Microscopy) every Spring semester.
The laboratory
is funded by a combination of support from the State of New Mexico, through UNM,
the NSF National Nanosciences Infrastructure Network (NSF-NNIN) and user fees.
Details of the user fees can be obtained from Professor Adrian Brearley (505 277
4163) or Dr Peng Li (505 277 7536).
TEM Facility, Department of Earth and Planetary
Science, The University of New
Mexico