Calendars
For more information on each piece of equipment, see the Microscopy Equipment page.
| Calendar | Description |
|---|---|
| AccuSizer FX Particle Sizer | Focused extinction system for the determination of complex multimodal particle size distributions between 0.7 and 20 microns. |
| Anton Paar Litesizer Particle-Sizing System | The Litesizer™ 500 is an instrument for characterizing nano- and microparticles in dispersions and solutions. |
| Atomic Force Microscope (MultiMode AFM) | Capable of contact, tapping, phase imaging, and multiple force modes in air or liquid cell; STM head; J-scanner with x,y range of 125 microns and vertical range of 5 microns; A-scanner with x,y range of 1 micron and vertical range of 400 nm. |
| Autosamdri 931 Critical Point Dryer | Enables nondestructive drying of biological, biomaterial, and material samples from 100% ethanol. |
| Carbon Evaporator | High-vacuum turbo-pumped Denton evaporator with capacity for carbon thread, carbon rod, resistive metal evaporation, dual evaporation mode. |
| Deep UV Raman Confocal Imaging Microscope | The Deep UV Raman confocal imaging microscope is a home-built spectral imaging system that is optimized for the UV-to-visible spectral range. |
| Desk II Sputter Coater | Turbo-pumped sputter coater with rotating/tilting stage, film thickness monitor; various targets, including Au, Au/Pd, Pt, Al, Ti. |
| Desk V Sputter Coater | The Desk V Sample Preparation system, equipped for both evaporation and sputtering |
| Diamond Knife | Diamond Knife (use with UCT if available) |
| Dual Source Metal Evaporator | Used for high vacuum coating of carbon and other materials as an adjunct to TEM, SEM, x-ray microanalysis, and other research methodologies. |
| Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope | ESEM with field-emission electron gun, EDAX energy-dispersive spectroscopy, Peltier-effect heating/cooling stage, 1000µ and 1500µ C heating stages, Everhart-Thornley SED, three GSEDs, backscattered electron detectors, electrical feedthroughs, and more. |
| Fiber/Micropipette Puller | Laser controlled instrument for pulling glass fibers to very fine tips; used primarily for NSOM. |
| Fluorescence Light Microscope | Fluorescence, phase contrast, high NA DIC. Software facilitated image collection. |
| Glow Discharge System | Glow discharge is a mild argon-plasma etch of the surface of carbon-stabilized Formvar-coated TEM grids that removes atmospheric contaminants on TEM grids, rendering them hydrophilic for several days. |
| Hydrogen Plasma Cleaner | Hydrogen Plasma Cleaner |
| Inspection Light Microscope | Zeiss AxioScope A1, 100 W Hal lamp designed for UV-blocked epi-illumination, Zeiss Axiovision LE software facilitates image collection. Zeiss AxioCam ICc3 CCD digital camera. |
| Leica SP8 UV/Visible Laser Confocal Microscope | 405, 458, 488, 514, 561 & 633 nm laser lines, 28 fps Full Range Resonance Scanning, Tiling, FRAP, FRET. |
| Low Speed Bone Saw | A precision water-cooled rotary saw intended primarily for fine sectioning of SEM samples. |
| Micro-Spectroscopy Workstation | Inverted microscope for visible to near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy (300-1700 nm) |
| Millipore Water Purifier | Takes water from the Beckman Instituteµs large-scale reverse osmosis/mixed-bed/UV-sterilized water purification system and runs it through another set of filters/cartridges. |
| Multiphoton Fluorescence Confocal Microscope (FCS/FLIM) | ISS Alba FCS instrument with single-photon and multiphoton excitation, plus laser scanning module. Capable of FCS, FLIM and FRET imaging. |
| NanoSight NS300 | The NS300 allows rapid, automated analysis of the size distribution and concentration of all types of nanoparticles from 10nm to 2000nm in diameter, depending on the instrument configuration and sample type. |
| NICOMP 380 ZLS Particle Sizer | Dynamic light scattering instrument for determining the particle size distribution of particles in a liquid. |
| Oxygen Plasma Asher | Oxygen Plasma Asher |
| P-6 Stylus Profiler | The P-6 stylus profiler continues the tradition of best-in-class technology and performance by incorporating many features from KLA-Tencor's automated P-16+ stylus profiler. |
| PVT 3D Manual Critical Point Dryer | Enables nondestructive drying of biological, biomaterial, and material samples from 100% ethanol. |
| Raman Confocal Imaging System | The Raman confocal imaging microscope is a high-resolution research-grade Horiba LabRAM HR 3D-capable Raman spectroscopy imaging system that is optimized for the visible-to-NIR spectral range. |
| Remote Stereology Workstation | Remote Stereology Workstation |
| Rigaku CTLab GX130 | CT Lab GX series, for ultra-high-speed, high-resolution 3D X-ray micro CT. Using the Sample-Stationary Method, these new devices can perform CT scans in 8 seconds at top speed, with a minimum resolution of 4.5 µm. |
| Rigaku Nano 3DX | Rigaku Nano3DX X-Ray Microscope |
| RMC Powertome | For the preparation of thin sections for electron microscopy |
| Stereology Workstation | Trace, plot, and analyze structures and cell distribution. System includes all modern stereological probes, Zeiss AxioImager A1 light microscope, Optronics MicroFire Progressive Scan, motorized stage, stereological analysis tools. |
| Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) | Philips CM200 TEM operates at accelerating voltages of up to 200 kV. Digital image acquisition using a TVIPS 2k x 2k Peltier-cooled CCD camera. Offers precise control of specimen, low-dose kit, high tilt holder, rotation stage holder. |
| Ultramicrotome | Multi-illumination pyramid and knife edge, dual automatic advance system, control unit with cutting speed control, memory for five speed combination settings. Capable of ultrathin sectioning from 50 nm to maximum 5 micrometers. |
| Upright Multiphoton Confocal Microscope | The Bruker Ultima upright multiphoton microscope is capable of simultaneous or sequential imaging, electrophysiology and uncaging/photostimulation on in vivo and in vitro specimens. |
| Widefield FRET & TIRF Microscope | The Zeiss Axiovert 200M is equipped with a high sensitivity cooled EMCCD camera. The system is capable of fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) microscopy for a number of well-known FRET pairs, such as ECFP-YPet. |
| Xradia Bio MicroCT | A high-resolution 3D X-ray imaging system for sample up to 200 mm in diameter and 15 kg weight. |
| Xradia MicroCT | A high-resolution 3D X-ray imaging system with sub-1 micron pixel resolution for samples up to 100 mm in diameter and 1 kg weight. |
| Zeiss SteREO Discovery V20 Microscope | Zeiss Stereo Zoom Discovery V.20 Light Microscope with Vision Research Micro eX4 Monochrome High Speed Video Camera. |