Structural and Chemical Characterization

The Applied Chemical and Morphological Analysis Laboratory (ACMAL), managed by the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, is a University Core Facility and member of the Michigan Tech Materials Characterization & Fabrication Facilities. Lab research activities include characterizing materials and studying the chemistry of materials at the atomic level. ACMAL houses an extensive array of electron microanalytical and x-ray instruments. Five discrete facilities featuring state-of-the-art equipment comprise the ACMAL:

• The Electron Optics Facility offers two scanning electron microscopes (SEM), a high-resolution transmission electron microscope (TEM), and a focused ion beam milling system (FIB).
• The X-Ray Facility offers an energy-dispersive x-ray fluorescence spectrometer and five x-ray diffractometers.
• The Scanning Probe Microscopy Facility offers scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and an atomic force microscope (AFM).
• The Surface Analysis Facility offers a scanning Auger microprobe for Auger electron spectroscopy (AES).
• The Fluorescence Optical Microscopy Facility offers two optical microscopes and digital cameras.