The Electron Microscopy Core Facility is part of the Innovative Electron Microscopy Department. It ensures day-to-day operation of the electron microscopy facility and provides service to researchers at INM covering a large spectrum of electron microscopy techniques (from sample preparation to image analysis) on a broad variety of samples (from hard hybrid materials to soft hydrogels). The core facility team performs the experiments, assists researchers with their use of the facility equipment, provides training for users, and consults regarding best practices for electron microscopy sample preparation, imaging techniques and image processing.
The Service Group works in close cooperation with different research departments at INM, research groups of Saarland University and other institutions on the Campus. The Service Group is also involved in method development at the Innovative Electron Microscopy Department.
Head of Electron Microscopy
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Team Members
Analysis techniques
Analysis techniques offered by the Electron Microscopy Service group:
- Scanning Electron Microscopy
- Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy
- Focused Ion Beam microscopy and tomography
- Conventional Transmission Electron Microscopy
- Transmission Electron Microscopy at cryogenic temperatures
- X-ray Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy
- Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy
- Electron Backscatter Diffraction
Sample preparation techniques
- Scanning Electron Microscopy
- Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy
- Focused Ion Beam microscopy and tomography
- Conventional Transmission Electron Microscopy
- Transmission Electron Microscopy at cryogenic temperatures
- X-ray Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy
- Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy
- Electron Backscatter Diffraction
Publications
Menina, Sara | Eisenbeis, Janina | Kamal, Mohamed Ashraf M. | Koch, Marcus | Bischoff, Markus | Gordon, Sarah | Loretz, Brigitta | Lehr, Claus-Michael
Advanced Healthcare Materials , 2019, 8 (17), 1900564.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adhm.201900564
Spengler, Christian | Nolle, Friederike | Mischo, Johannes | Faidt, Thomas | Grandthyll, Samuel | Thewes, Nicolas | Koch, Marcus | Müller, Frank | Bischoff, Markus | Klatt, Michael Andreas | Jacobs, Karin
Nanoscale , 2019, 11 (42), 19713-19722.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C9NR04375F
Weiss, Agnes-Valencia | Koch, Marcus | Schneider, Marc
International Journal of Pharmaceutics , 2019, 570 118650.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378517319306957
Semenova, Daria | Zubov, Alexandr | Silina, Yuliya E. | Micheli, Laura | Koch, Marcus | Fernandes, Ana C. | Gernaey, Krist V.
Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical , 2018, 259 945-955.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925400517324140
Silina, Yuliya E. | Koch, Marcus | Herbeck-Engel, Petra | Fink-Straube, Claudia
Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering , 2018, 18 (2), 1886-1897.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213343718301167
Petzold, Christiane | Koch, Marcus | Bennewitz, Roland
Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology , 2018, 9 1647-1658.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.9.157
Schulz, Eilien | Goes, Adriely | Garcia, Ronald | Panter, Fabian | Koch, Marcus | Müller, Rolf | Fuhrmann, Kathrin | Fuhrmann, Gregor
Journal of Controlled Release , 2018, 290 46-55.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168365918305698
Schwebke, Silvan | Winter, Steffen | Koch, Marcus | Schultes, Günter
Journal of Applied Physics , 2018, 124 (23), 235308.
https://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.5054972
Yasar, Hanzey | Biehl, Alexander | De Rossi, Chiara | Koch, Marcus | Murgia, Xabi | Loretz, Brigitta | Lehr, Claus-Michael
Journal of Nanobiotechnology , 2018, 16 (1), 72.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12951-018-0401-y
Silina, Yuliya E. | Herbeck-Engel, Petra | Koch, Marcus
Journal of Mass Spectrometry , 2017, 52 (1), 43-53.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jms.3898