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
Curto, Yannic | Koch, Marcus | Kickelbick, Guido
2023, 4 (1), 1-21.
https://www.mdpi.com/2673-6497/4/1/1
Heinrich, Eilien | Hartwig, Olga | Walt, Christine | Kardani, Arefeh | Koch, Marcus | Pouralebi Jahromi, Leila | Hoppstädter, Jessica | Kiemer, Alexandra K. | Loretz, Brigitta | Lehr, Claus-Michael | Fuhrmann, Gregor
Small , 2023, 19 (25), 2207479.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/smll.202207479
Kern, Fabian | Kuhn, Thomas | Ludwig, Nicole | Simon, Martin | Gröger, Laura | Fabis, Natalie | Aparicio-Puerta, Ernesto | Salhab, Abdulrahman | Fehlmann, Tobias | Hahn, Oiver | Engel, Annika | Wagner, Viktoria | Koch, Marcus | Winek, Katarzyna | Soreq, Hermona | Nazarenko, Irina | Fuhrmann, Gregor | Wyss-Coray, Tony | Meese, Eckart | Keller, Verena | Laschke, Matthias W. | Keller, Andreas
RNA Biology , 2023, 20 (1), 482-494.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15476286.2023.2234713
Koch, Marcus | Katsen-Globa, A. | Zolotukhina, E. V. | Silina, Yulia E.
Biochemical Engineering Journal , 2023, 195 108908.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1369703X23001031
Lee, Sangeun | Nasr, Sarah | Rasheed, Sari | Liu, Yun | Hartwig, Olga | Kaya, Cansu | Boese, Annette | Koch, Marcus | Herrmann, Jennifer | Müller, Rolf | Loretz, Brigitta | Buhler, Eric | Hirsch, Anna K. H. | Lehr, Claus-Michael
Journal of Controlled Release , 2023, 353 915-929.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168365922008331
Wlodarczyk-Biegun, Malgorzata | Zielinski, Piotr | Gladysz, Magdalena | Hofman, Anno | Wu, Xixi | Villiou, Maria | Koch, Marcus | del Campo, Aránzazu | Kamperman, Marleen
Tissue Engineering A , 2022, 28 (Suppl. 1), S362-S362.
https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/epdf/10.1089/ten.tea.2022.29025.abstracts
Włodarczyk-Biegun | Villiou, Maria | Koch, Klaus Peter | Muth, Christina | Wang | Ott | del Campo
ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering , 2022, 8 (9), 3899-3911.
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.2c00623
Zolotukhina, E. V. | Katsen-Globa, A. | Koch, Marcus | Fink-Straube, Claudia | Sukmann, T. | Levchenko, M. G. | Silina, Yulia E.
Bioelectrochemistry , 2022, 145 108082.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1567539422000330
Richter, Robert | Kamal, Mohamed A. M. | Koch, Marcus | Niebuur, Bart-Jan | Huber, Anna-Lena | Goes, Adriely | Volz, Carsten | Vergalli, Julia | Kraus, Tobias | Müller, Rolf | Schneider-Daum, Nicole | Fuhrmann, Gregor | Pagès, Jean-Marie | Lehr, Claus-Michael
Advanced Healthcare Materials , 2022, 11 (5), 2101180.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adhm.202101180
Hübner, Hanna | Niebuur, Bart-Jan | Büttner, Thomas | Koch, Marcus | Stühn, Bernd | Kraus, Tobias | Scheschkewitz, David | Gallei, Markus
Macromolecules , 2022, 55 (21), 9442-9451.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.2c01853