Vydavatel Federal Laboratory Consortium
Datum vydání před téměř 10 roky
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FUNCTION: Provides a facility for high-resolution studies of complex biomolecular systems. The goal is an understanding of how to engineer biomolecules for various applications, including sensors, self-assembled lipid microstructures, patterned surfaces, and biomaterials. DESCRIPTION: The facility includes electron microscopes, a darkroom, and adjacent biochemical laboratories for sample preparation and additional chemical/physical characterization of proteins, lipids, DNA, and cells. INSTRUMENTATION: Leo 1455 digital scanning electron microscope Hitachi H8100 analytical electron microscope (AEM) TopoMetrix Explorer atomic force microscope (AFM) Digital Instruments Dimension 3100 AFM Zeiss LIBRA-120 energy filtering transmission electron microscope Scanning probe microscope capable of multimode atomic force Microscopy and scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) Nikon C1 Confocal Microscope System Scanning-tip AFM capable of imaging large samples using contact mode, noncontact mode, lateral force mode, and force modulation mode TopoMetrix Aurora nearfield scanning optical microscope (NSOM) Optical equipment Confocal fluorescent microscope Continuous wave (CW) fluorimeter and microscope Optical and fluorescence microscopes Balzers BAF400 freeze fracture apparatus High-speed ultracentrifuges.