Major Characterization Facilities

• Scanning probe microscope facility
• Optical tweezer facility
• Quartz crystal microbalance
• Self-nulling ellipsometers
• Surface plasmon resonance imaging system
• Optical microscopes
• Dynamic light scattering spectrometer
• Attenuated total reflection FTIR spectrometer
• Cryo-transmission electron microscope
• Scanning confocal laser microscope
• Polarization modulation infrared reflection absorption spectrometer
• Raman microprobe spectrometer
• Infrared microscope
• Optical profiler
  
• Differential pressure experiment

Sample Preparation Facilities

• Spincoater
• Laminar flow cabinet
• Ultrapure water facility
• Vacuum ovens
• UV/ozone cleaner
• Plasma cleaner
• CO₂ snow cleaner
• High temperature oven
• Langmuir trough
• Microbiology facilities

Cryogenic Transmission Electron Microscope

There is a Leo 912AB energy filter transmission electron microscope with cryogenic capabilities (cryoEFTEM) in the Guelph Regional STEM Facility. The omega filter allows the selection of electrons of specific energies to form images. This capability can be used to enhance contrast in regular bright-field imaging by removing inelastically scattered electrons, or can be used to form elemental maps by using only these inelastically scattered electrons with characteristic energy losses. The cryogenic capability allows biological specimens to be visualized "trapped" in their native state in vitreous ice.

Leo 912AB Energy Filter Transmission Electronic Microscope with Cryogenic Capabilities