Welcome to EMAL!
The University of Michigan Electron Microbeam Analysis Laboratory (EMAL) is a university-wide user facility for the microstructural and microchemical characterization of materials. Being a user facility, EMAL is open to anyone in the University research community. The laboratory is also open to users from other universities and to users from local industry.
It is located at the Space Research Building on the U of M North Campus and the C.C. Little Science Building on the U of M Central Campus.
New Note. EMAL has aquired a an Cameca Local Electrode™ Atom Probe (LEAP) 4000 HR™ microscope. This instrument provides nano-scale surface, bulk and interfacial materials analysis of simple and complex structures with atom by atom identification and accurate spatial positioning. The system works using the principle of field evaporation, whereby a strong electric field applied to the specimen is sufficient to cause removal of atoms by ionization. Atom removal is triggered either via a voltage or laser pulse applied to the sample.
An introduction to atomprobe can be found here. View the system via a webcam.
For the first few months the system will be checked out and tested by Professor Emmanuelle Marquis's group and then users will be introduced to it. For further information please contact John Mansfield (jfmjfm@umich.edu or (734) 936-3352), Kai Sun (kaisun@umich.edu or (734) 936-3353) or Haiping Sun (haipings@umich.edu or (734) 936-3338).
Note. If you do not find the technique you wish to use listed on our pages, please check our Other Links page for other UM facilities. If that fails, contact John Mansfield (jfmjfm@umich.edu or (734) 936-3352) and he may be able to direct you to an alternate resource.