Nanoscale and Microscale Research Centre (nmRC)

The Nanoscale and Microscale Research Centre (nmRC) is a cross-disciplinary facility, at the University of Nottingham, dedicated to supporting and promoting world-leading nanoscience and materials characterisation. The centre is a specialist resource for EM variants including; Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), and dedicated technical support. The centre welcomes students, staff, external researchers and industry.



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Expertise

Imaging Platforms

Keywords - Light Microscopy: Cryo-fluorescence | Atomic force microscopy | confocal microscopy | raman imaging
Keywords - electron Microscopy: transmission em | electron tomography | scanning em (feg) | focused ion beam sem | scanning transmission em | scanning em  (tungsten) | cryo-tem
 

 

Application  

KEYWORDS - BIOLOGICAL: CELL BIOLOGY | MICROBIOLOGY | BIO-MATERIALS | FOOD
KEYWORDS - PHYSICAL SCIENCES: PLASMONICS | CORROSION/OXIDATION | GEOLOGY/MINERALOGY | ELECTRON OPTICS | FUNCTIONAL OXIDES | NANOMATERIALS | COMPOSITES | PLANETARY SCIENCES 

 

Sample Preparation

KEYWORDS - BIOLOGICAL: RESIN EMBEDDING | CRYOSECTIONING | PLUNGE FREEZING | FREEZE SUBSTITUTION | CRITICAL POIN DRYING | METAL COATING | VIBRATING MICROTOME | ULTRATHIN SECTIONING | HIGH PRESSURE FREEZING | FREEZE FRACTURE | NEGATIVE STAIN | CRYOSTAT SECTIONING 
KEYWORDS - MATERIALS: FOCUSED ION BEAM (GALLIUM)

 

Data Analysis

KEYWORDS - SOFTWARE: IMAGEJ | FIJI | DIGITAL MICROGRAPH/GMS


Point of Contact

Nanoscale and Microscale Research Centre (nmRC)
Nanoscale and Microscale Research Centre
Cripps South Building
University Park
Nottingham, NG7 2RD


Karen Alvey +44 (0) 115 748 6340