Materials Sciences and Engineering


Materials Characterization Lab


Old Engineering, Room 217
Materials Science and Engineering
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY 11794+2275
631-632-8495, FAX: 8052

Machine Status

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This user facility contains major equipment for many forms of structural characterization of materials. It principally involves microscopy, diffraction, and thin-film deposition. The lab is a public facility open to trained members of the department, campus, and community.

  • LEO 1550 SFEG/SEM+EBSP+EDS
    • Schottky Field-Emission Gun.....Scanning Electron Microscope
    • High Brightness
    • EDAX/EDS system, thin window
    • EDAX/TSL/EBSP system, electron diffraction
    • X-ray mapping
    • Phase-ID
    • Absorbed current imaging
    • Robinson back-scatter detector
    • Standard SE/ET detector
    • In-lens detector
    • In-situ IR camera
  • Philips CM12 scanning transmission electron microscope
    • high brightness (LaB6) electron gun
    • ultra-thin window energy dispersive x-ray spectrometer (temp disconnected)
    • parallel electron energy loss spectrometer
    • TV recording system
    • A variety of specimen stages
  • Philips x-ray generator, diffractometer, and Laue.
  • Two Gatan Dual Ion Mills.
  • Various optical microscopes and digital/still cameras.
  • UHV vacuum systems for thin-film deposition:
    • Ion/TSP/Turbo pumped
    • Ion Gauge controller
    • Dual DC-Magnetron Sputter Sources
    • Thermal Source
    • XYZ/Theta Sample Holder
    • Optical Pyrometers
    • Quartz Microbalance
  • HV vacuum systems for thin-film deposition:
    • e-beam source (3)
    • Ion Gauge controller
    • RF-Magnetron Sputter Source
    • Thermal Source
    • Thickness monitor
  • Vac. Furnace
  • Lab Furnace
  • MicroHardness Tester
  • Carbon/gold coater
  • Darkroom
  • Chemistry Room
  • Polishing Room
  • assorted computers, cameras, etc....

Data collected in this facility

Other Stony Brook Microscopy Groups


DOL: Jim Quinn (james.quinn@sunysb.edu)



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02/02/2007 JQ