Nanoscale Characterization Facility
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| A view of the sample prep suite from the NCF lobby | |
| Home Institution | University of Pennsylvania |
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| Location | Philadelphia, PA |
| Building | Krishna P. Singh Center for Nanotechnology |
| Established | 2013 |
| Director | Douglas Yates |
| Website | https://www.nano.upenn.edu/resources/nanoscale-characterization/ |
About
The Nanoscale Characterization Facility (NCF) supports state-of-the-art tools for electron- and ion-beam analyses for Penn as well as other university, government, and industry users in the Philadelphia region. The facility comprises a suite of rooms specifically designed to host current and next-generation scanning electron, transmission electron, and focused ion beam microscopes. Supplementing these tools is an integrated sample preparation laboratory with sample coating and plasma cleaning capabilities, as well as cryogenic sample preparation equipment and a computer suite for offline image and data analysis. The NCF is currently maintained by three full-time scientists with combined experience of over 45 years in materials characterization.
Equipment
- Equipment Reservations: Go to the facility's NEMO site to request training and make reservations to use the equipment