MRSEC Shared Facilities
Interdisciplinary research groups (IRGs) involve several faculty members and associated researchers, addressing a major topic or area, which may range from fundamental to applied research, in which sustained support for interactive effort by several participants with complementary backgrounds, skills, and knowledge is critical to progress.
The IRGs in a Center may be topically related, or they may address different topical aspects of materials research; they contribute to the synergy arising from the research and education activities of the Center and its common infrastructure, shared facilities and outreach programs. Thus, the Center as a whole is expected to be more than the sum of its parts.
Coatings/Film Fabrication
- Materials Preparation Laboratory University of Chicago
- Keck Laboratory for Combinatorial Nanosynthesis and Multiscale Characterization University of Maryland
- Materials Facilities Cornell University
- Polymer Characterization Facility Cornell University
- Hudson Mesoscale Processing Facility Cornell University
- Materials Processing Microfabrication Cleanroom Northwestern University
Crystallography
- Crystal Growth SEF Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- X-ray Diffraction SEF Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Crystallography University of Nebraska
- X-Ray Diffraction Cluster Cornell University
- Integrated Microscopy Facilities Cornell University
- X-Ray Crystallographic Laboratory University of Minnesota
- Materials Characterization Lab Pennsylvania State University
Electron Microscopy
- Electron Microscopy Carnegie Mellon University
- Materials Preparation Laboratory University of Chicago
- Electron Microscopy SEF Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Field Emission Transmission Electron Microscope University of Maryland
- Scanning Electron Microscopy/Scanning Tunneling Microscopy/Atomic Force Microscopy Facility (UHV-SEM/STM/AFM) University of Maryland
- Characterization Facility University of Minnesota
- Electron Microscopy University of Nebraska
- Integrated Microscopy Facilities Cornell University
- Orientation Imaging Microscopy (OIM) Carnegie Mellon University
- JEOL 6320FXV FESEM University of California at Santa Barbara
- Electron Microscopy Brandeis University
- Materials Characterization Lab Pennsylvania State University
Image Analysis and Processing
- Image Processing Facility University of Chicago
- Imaging and Analysis Center Princeton University
- Surface Facility Cornell University
- Integrated Microscopy Facilities Cornell University
- Nanoscale Imaging, Spectroscopy and Properties (NISP) Lab University of Maryland
- Electron Microscopy Pennsylvania State University
Mechanical Testing
- Metallurgical and Mechanical Characterization University of Nebraska
- Materials Facilities Cornell University
- Polymer Characterization Facility Cornell University
- Hudson Mesoscale Processing Facility Cornell University
- Central Laboratory for Materials Mechanical Properties (CLaMMP) Northwestern University
- Polymer Characterization Facility University of Minnesota
- Tissue Mechanics Lab University of Minnesota
Microfabrication / Microelectronics / Clean Room
- Materials Preparation Laboratory University of Chicago
- Micro/Nano Fabrication Laboratory Princeton University
- Nanoelectronics Facility University of Maryland
- Materials Processing Microfabrication Cleanroom Northwestern University
- Device Fabrication & Measurements University of Washington
- Nano Fabrication Center University of Minnesota
- Microfluidics Brandeis University
Optical Microscopy
- Materials Preparation Laboratory University of Chicago
- Microfluidics Facility University of Chicago
- Materials Analysis SEF Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Optical Microscopy University of Nebraska
- Surface Facility Cornell University
- Materials Facilities Cornell University
- Optical Microscopy Metallography Facility Northwestern University
- Advanced Optical Facility Northwestern University
- Integrated Microscopy Facilities Cornell University
- Light Microscopy Brandeis University
Scanning Probe Microscopy
- Materials Preparation Laboratory University of Chicago
- Materials Analysis SEF Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Scanning Electron Microscopy/Scanning Tunneling Microscopy/Atomic Force Microscopy Facility (UHV-SEM/STM/AFM) University of Maryland
- Variable Temperature UHV Scanning Tunneling Microscope University of Maryland
- Characterization Facility University of Minnesota
- Scanning Probe Microscopy Facility University of Nebraska
- Surface Facility Cornell University
- Materials Facilities Cornell University
- Materials Characterization Lab Pennsylvania State University
Spectroscopy
- Materials Analysis SEF Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Small Spot Xray Photoelectron Spectrometer University of Maryland
- Electron Spectroscopy University of Nebraska
- Surface Facility Cornell University
- Materials Facilities Cornell University
- Polymer Characterization Facility Cornell University
- Hudson Mesoscale Processing Facility Cornell University
- Impedance Spectroscopy Laboratory Northwestern University
- Integrated Microscopy Facilities Cornell University
- Mass Spectrometry Facility University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Nanoscale Imaging, Spectroscopy and Properties (NISP) Lab University of Maryland
- Materials Characterization Lab Pennsylvania State University
Thin Film Fabrication and Characterization
- Materials Preparation Laboratory University of Chicago
- Materials Analysis SEF Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Keck Laboratory for Combinatorial Nanosynthesis and Multiscale Characterization University of Maryland
- Materials Facilities Cornell University
- Polymer Characterization Facility Cornell University
- Hudson Mesoscale Processing Facility Cornell University
- Materials Processing Microfabrication Cleanroom Northwestern University
- Advanced Thin Film and Laser Laboratory Northwestern University
- Integrated Microscopy Facilities Cornell University
X-ray Diffraction
- X-ray Diffraction SEF Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Characterization Facility University of Minnesota
- X-Ray Characterization University of Nebraska
- X-Ray Diffraction Cluster Cornell University
- Jerome B. Cohen X-ray Diffraction Facility Northwestern University
- X-ray Diffraction Facility University of Colorado
- Materials Characterization Lab Pennsylvania State University
