CRANN’s Central Equipment Facility (CEF) is an integrated infrastructure, equipment, and human capital platform offering advanced instrumentation and expertise to academia and industry. Facilities such as the Advanced Microscopy Laboratory (AML), cleanroom and scanning probe microscopes are managed by technical specialists and accessed by researchers from a wide variety of academic backgrounds, as well as a broad range of industry sectors, from SMEs to blue-chip multi-nationals, across a range of sectors including ICT, manufacturing and medical devices.