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Electron Microscopy Center (EMC)

Electron Microscopy Center (EMC) at University of Kentucky provides shared-facility access for electron microscopy, elemental and trace analysis, and materials characterization. Registration, training, project review, fees, and current instrument availability may apply.

External services publicly offered

3 capabilities 14 equipment records Reviewed 2026-08-29

Publicly described capabilities

Advanced characterization

Electron microscopy

Analytical testing

Elemental and trace analysis

Materials testing

Materials characterization

Technical inventory

Techniques and equipment

5 equipment types
  • Microscopy & imaging

    Olympus DSX 1000 light microscope

  • Surface analysis

    Thermo Scientific K-Alpha XPS

  • X-ray & neutron

    X-ray diffraction instrumentation

  • Microscopy & imaging

    dual-beam FIB/SEM

  • Laboratory equipment

    micro-CT system

  • Microscopy & imaging

    scanning electron microscopes

  • X-ray & neutron

    small-angle X-ray scattering system

  • Microscopy & imaging

    transmission electron microscope

  • Microscopy & imaging

    FEI Helios NanoLab 660 dual-beam FIB/SEM provides sub-nanometre SEM imaging from 500 V to 30 kV, gallium FIB milling and automated slice-and-view 3D reconstruction.

  • Microscopy & imaging

    FEI Talos F200X TEM operates at 80/100/120/200 kV, has 0.16 nm resolution, 16 MP Ceta camera, Super-X EDS and ultrafast Dual EELS.

  • Analytical instrument

    Helios 660 includes Oxford EDX and EBSD for elemental/crystal-orientation mapping, including 3D EDX/EBSD.

  • Laboratory equipment

    Thermo HeliScan Mk2 microCT uses a 20-160 kV source, 3072 x 3072 16-bit detector, 800 nm spatial resolution and samples to 240 mm/15 kg.

  • Surface analysis

    Thermo K-Alpha XPS uses monochromated Al K-alpha, microfocused imaging, neutralization and ion depth profiling for the top approximately 10 nm.

  • Laboratory equipment

    Xenocs Xeuss 2.0 SAXS/WAXS uses a Cu source and PILATUS3 detector with powder/gel, capillary, grazing-incidence, flow-cell and heating stages.

Registry scope evidence

  • Access: Serves university users and industries locally and nationwide.
  • External mode: External users may engage as customers or train for repeated instrument use.
  • Official-source, facility-specific instrument evidence is available. Current configuration, availability, price, and project fit require confirmation.

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