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General Information |
| The Penn Regional Nanotechnology
Facility (PRN) is a full-service center equipped with a wide range
of state-of-the-art
instrumentation
for
materials analysis. Nanoscale characterization
of polymers, ceramics, composites, metals, electronics, and thin
films is conducted using scanning, transmission, and scanning-transmission
electron microscopes, atomic force microscopes, and ion scattering
techniques. A wide range of specimen preparation equipment is used
including cryo-ultramicrotomy, jet electrolytic polishing, mechanical
dimpling, ion beam thinning, tripod polishing, vacuum evaporation,
sputter-coating and replication. Both analog and digital output are
produced and in-house hardware and software are available for a wide
range of image and spectrum processing tasks and for the calculation/simulation
of electron-beam specimen interactions and microscope performance.
The Nanotech Facility is setup to accommodate both academic and corporate users. Users have the option of working with a staff member or they may take advantage of our comprehensive user training in order to work independently on the instrument of their choice. Please feel free to contact us for any questions or comments about our facility. |
University of Pennsylvania / 3231 Walnut Street / Philadelphia PA 19104 / prnf@seas.upenn.edu / 215.898.8718
