Sample preparation equipment for both transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) is available to users of the Electron Microscopy Center (EMC). This equipment includes:
- a Leica Ultracut UCT ultramicrotome - Coming soon!
- accessories for conventional fixing, embedding and sectioning - Coming soon!
- a variety of grid types, negative stains, embedding resins, etc. - Coming soon!
- Wohlwend HPF Compact 2 high pressure freezer
- AFS-2 freeze substitution machine
- Vitrobot Mk3 plunge freezing robot
- EMS manual plunge freezer
- Balzars CPD 030 critical point dryer
- Polaron E5100 sputter coater
- Balzers BAF 400D Freeze Etching System that could be made operational