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High Resolution SEM/FIB with Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy
The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory offers a scanning electron microscope with Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDX) detector to conduct surface analysis with high resolution imaging to study biogeochemical transformation processes in soils and to understand interactions in environmental systems.
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Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope and Focused Ion Beam
The environmental scanning electron microscope (ESEM) is used to image, analyze, and perform sample manipulations under controlled environments. It has the advantage of performing analysis at…
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Atom Probe Tomography
Atom proble tomography is a material analysis technique available at the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) through the EMSL User Program.
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Atomic Force Microscopy
The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory's atomic force microscopy provides three-dimensional topographic imaging of surfaces. This resource is available to the scientific community through the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory's open calls for proposals.
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Cryogenic Focused Ion Beam-Scanning Electron Microscopy
The cryogenic focused ion beam-scanning electron microscope (cryo-FIB-SEM) is a semi-automated instrument that provides pseudo-three-dimensional imaging of thick samples with ~10-nm resolution or…
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Cryogenic Transmission Electron Microscopy for Environmental Microbiology
The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory's cryogenic transmission electron microscopy suite supports the fundamental understanding of environmental and biological systems. This resource is available to users through open calls for proposals.
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Cryogenic Transmission Electron Microscopy for Structural Biology
The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) is home to the Atomic Resolution Cryogenic Transmission Electron Microscopy suite, which includes high-resolution imaging, morphological studies, and structural determination for research related to environmental and biological systems. These resources are available to EMSL users through open calls for proposals.
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Helium Ion Microscopy
Biological and environmental research often requires high-resolution inspection of surface details, such as soil organic matter (SOM)-mineral interactions, ice nucleation in aerosols, and microbial…
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Nanoscale Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy
Nanoscale Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (nano-FTIR) is a high-resolution chemical imaging system, which combines the nanoscale spatial resolution of atomic force microscopy with the…
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Optical Coherence Tomography
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a non-destructive tomographic imaging platform used to image soil, plant tissues, and a wide variety of other materials. The system leverages an incoherent…
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Raman Atomic Force Microscopy
The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory's Raman atomic force microscopy resources are available to the scientific community through open calls for proposals.
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X-ray Computed Tomography
Researchers can access X-ray computed tomography resources through the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) User Program's open calls for proposals.
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Non-invasive Automated Root Imager
EMSL’s Non-invasive Automated Root Imager (NARI) is used for phenotyping root traits by rapid acquisition of high-quality images of plants grown in transparent (gel-based) growth medium. The system…
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