Structural and Chemical Characterization

ACMAL

The Applied Chemical and Morphological Analysis Laboratory (ACMAL), managed by the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, is a University Shared Facility and member of the Michigan Tech Materials Characterization and 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.