About the EM Facility

The EM Facility provides training and support in Transmission and Scanning Electron Microscopy. The EM Facility is used by staff and students from many departments within UCC and also provides assisted use for the private sector.

The EM Facility houses a Scanning Electron Microscope (JEOL 5510) and a Transmission Electron Microscope (JEOL 2000FXII). The Jeol 5510 SEM is equipped with an Energy Dispersive X-ray Microanalysis Detector (Oxford Instruments). Both microscopes are capable of digital imaging.