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The Electron Microscopy Facility at Oregon State University (OSU) is a service facility providing faculty, staff, students, and Industrial collaborators access to electron microscopes and related instrumentation.

News, Events, & Announcements

April 3rd 2023

EMF is a Beta tester for Research Equipment & Lab Management System (RELMS).  As of April 1st, RELMS is the platform that will be used for booking Quanta 600, Quanta 3D, Titan and Helios. 

At this time masks are not required

And as always, we strive to treat all nationalities and ethnic backgrounds with respect and equity.

Capabilities

In addition to an FEI Titan with ChemiSTEM technology, we have staff that are experts in sample preparation and imaging to help you solve your problem. A walk through of the OSU Electron Microscope Facility is available by clicking on the links above.

The facility is supported from the Office of Vice-President for Research and the facility's client colleges. The facility is located in Suite 145 in Linus Pauling Science Center.

Major Instrument Calendars

  • FEI TITAN 80-200 TEM/STEM with ChemiSTEM Technology
  • FEI QUANTA 3D dual beam SEM/FIB
  • FEI Helios NanoLab 650 high resolution SEM
  • FEI QUANTA 600FEG environmental SEM
  • two Utra Microtomes
  • a new RMC
  • a newly rebuilt Leica EM UC7 Cryo Ultra-Microtome

Extensive Materials Science Prep Tools

  • Allied High Tech semi-automatic-grinder-polisher
  • Pace vibratory polisher for EBSD sample prep

In addition we routinely perform potted cross section preparation for industrial clients looking to solve problems!