Electron Microscopy

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

2019
Bioinspired Liposomes for Oral Delivery of Colistin to Combat Intracellular Infections by Salmonella enterica

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

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Strength of bacterial adhesion on nanostructured surfaces quantified by substrate morphometry

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

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Combining cryo-TEM and energy-filtered TEM for imaging organic core-shell nanoparticles and defining the polymer distribution

Weiss, Agnes-Valencia | Koch, Marcus | Schneider, Marc

International Journal of Pharmaceutics , 2019, 570 118650.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378517319306957

2018
Mechanistic modeling of cyclic voltammetry: A helpful tool for understanding biosensor principles and supporting design optimization

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

Multi-dimensional hydroxyapatite microspheres as a filling material of minicolumns for effective removal at trace level of noble and non-noble metals from aqueous solutions

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

Friction force microscopy of tribochemistry and interfacial ageing for the SiOx/Si/Au system

Petzold, Christiane | Koch, Marcus | Bennewitz, Roland

Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology , 2018, 9 1647-1658.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.9.157

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Biocompatible bacteria-derived vesicles show inherent antimicrobial activity

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

Piezoresistive granular metal thin films of platinum–boron nitride and platinum–alumina at higher strain levels

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

Kinetics of mRNA delivery and protein translation in dendritic cells using lipid-coated PLGA nanoparticles

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

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2017
A study of enhanced ion formation from metal-semiconductor complexes in atmospheric pressure laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry

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

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