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
This position is currently vacant.
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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
Mousavi, Sayed Hadi | Jilavi, Mohammad H. | Koch, Marcus | Arzt, Eduard | Oliveira, Peter William de
Advanced Engineering Materials , 2017, 19 (1), 1600617 – 1-7.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adem.201600617
Adam, Jens | Metzger, Wilhelm | Koch, Marcus | Rogin, Peter | Coenen, Toon | Atchison, Jennifer S. | König, Peter
Nanomaterials , 2017, 7 (2), -.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano7020026
Eder, Magdalena | Koch, Marcus | Muth, Christina | Rutz, Angela K. | Weiss, Ingrid M.
Journal of Structural Biology , 2016, 196 (2), 85-97.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsb.2016.03.015
Silina, Yuliya E. | Welck, Jennifer | Kraegeloh, Annette | Koch, Marcus | Fink-Straube, Claudia
Journal of Chromatography B , 2016, 1029–1030 222-229.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jchromb.2016.07.014
Silina, Yuliya E. | Kychmenko, Tatiana A. | Koch, Marcus
Analytical Methods , 2016, 8 (1), 45-51.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C5AY02498F
Wu, Wenming | Guijt, Rosanne M. | Silina, Yuliya E. | Koch, Marcus | Manz, Andreas
RSC Advances , 2016, 6 (27), 22469-22475.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C5RA25890A
Mousavi, Sayed Hadi | Müller, Thomas S. | Karos, Rudolf | Oliveira, Peter William de
Journal of Alloys and Compounds , 2016, 659 178-183.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2015.10.261
Shafaei, Shahram | Van Opdenbosch, Daniel | Fey, Tobias | Koch, Marcus | Kraus, Tobias | Guggenbichle, Josef Peter | Zollfrank, Cordt
Materials Science and Engineering C-Biomimetic and Supramolecular Systems , 2016, 58 1064-1070.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2015.09.069
Silina, Yuliya E. | Koch, Marcus | Volmer, Dietrich A.
Journal of Mass Spectrometry , 2015, 50 (3), 578-585.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jms.3564
Silina, Yuliya E. | Koch, Marcus | Volmer, Dietrich A.
International Journal of Mass Spectrometry , 2015, 387 24-30.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijms.2015.06.009