Institute of Electron Microscopy and Nanoanalysis (FELMI) & Graz Centre for Electron Microscopy (ZFE) | Core Facility Electron Microscopy (FELMI-ZFE)
www.felmi-zfe.at
Core Data
Identification
Hosting Legal Entity
Graz University of Technology
Location
Steyrergasse 17, FELMI-ZFE, Graz, PO: 8010 (Austria)
Structure
Type Of RI
Single-sited
Coordinating Country
Austria
Status
Status
Current Status:
Operational since 1951
Scientific Description
Mission and objectives
The FELMI-ZFE operates advanced scientific instrumentation in the field of materials microscopy. The instruments are partly owned by the Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) and by the Graz Centre for Electron Microscopy (Zentrum für Elektronenmikroskopie Graz). They are fully equipped with x-ray and electron energy-loss spectrometers and other special detectors. Additional instruments for specimen preparation (ultramicrotomy, ion-milling) are available. The instrumentation is used for scientific collaborations and collaborative research with companies. The institute hosts one of the best electron microscopes in Europe - the Austrian Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope (ASTEM), which is used for materials characterisation at atomic resolution. The institute is a partner of the ESTEEM2 project of the FP7.Four main research areas of FELMI-ZFE are: Nanoanalysis of Materials, Functional Nanofabrication, 3D and in situ Characterisation, Soft Matter and Biomicroscopy

RI Keywords
Focused ion beam microscopy, Nanoanalysis, Scanning electron microscopy, Environmental scanning EM (EM), X-Ray diffractometry (XRD), Atomic Force Microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Raman spectroscopy, Cryo-transmission electron microscopy (Cryo-TEM), Electron microscopy, Scanning transmission electron microscopy, Transmission electron microscopy, Microanalysis, Materials research
Classifications
RI Category
Micro- and Nanotechnology facilities
Analytical Facilities
Scientific Domain
Biological and Medical Sciences
Chemistry and Material Sciences
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Physics, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Mathematics
ESFRI Domain
Physical Sciences and Engineering
Services
Consultancy
Teaching and training

Teaching of courses at the TUGraz, training and user support for other research institutes and companies.

Equipment
Atomic Force Microscope

Atomic Force Microscope AFM Veeco (ID 1550)

X-ray Diffractometer
Electron Microscopes

Transmission Electron Microscope Philips CM20 (ID 1544); Scanning Electron Microscope, FEG-SEM Zeiss DSM982 (ID 1545); Analytical Transmission Electron Microscope TEM Tecnai F20 (ID 1546); Transmission Electron Microsope TEM FEI T12 (ID 1549); Austrian Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope (ASTEM) FEI Titan 60-300 (ZFE); Analytical Scanning Electron Microscope Zeiss Ultra 55 (ZFE).

Dual Beam Microscopes

Focused Ion Beam microscope (FIB) FEI Nanolab Nova 200 (ID 1548)

IR-Raman Spectroscopy

Raman microscope (ID 1551)