Facilities

We are proud to announce that our new transmission electron microscope (TEM) Thermo Fisher Scientific (TFS) Spectra 200 is now open for user access within the user facility of CENEM. The state-of-the-art TFS Spectra 200 provides high-resolution imaging (probe-corrector for STEM imaging) down to the...

If you have a request for the electron microscopy and X-ray imaging facilities regarding a collaborative work or a service measurement or if you would like to become an operator at an electron microscope and need device instructions, please use our new online request form. To facilitate future reque...

Structure-property relationships are key for an in-depth understanding and development of modern materials utilized to solve grand challenges in today's society like sustainable energy conversion and catalysis. The Center for Nanoanalysis and Electron Microscopy (CENEM) and the Institute of Micro- a...

Wie lassen sich ultradünne Beschichtungen von einigen Nanometern gezielt herstellen? Darüber hat sich der Erlanger Bundestagsabgeordnete Stefan Müller bei einem Besuch am Interdisziplinären Zentrum für Nanostrukturierte Filme (IZNF) der FAU informiert. Zu Beginn des Besuchs in dem neu errichteten...

The annual CENEM Workshop took place in Bad Windsheim during 17-20. Feb. This year, a record total number of 31 members attended the workshop. Besides scientific contributions by the attending CENEM members, the workshop focused on the past and future cooperation and research strategy of CENEM. Inte...

The bi-annual event "Long Night of Science" in Nuremberg, Fuerth and Erlangen was again very success for IMN/CENEM. At the Electron Microscopy facilities alone we welcomed more several hundred people throughout the night. Visitors had the chance to see the Titan Themis3 and learn about research at t...

After a construction of less than 3 years, the new building of the interdisciplinary center for nanostructured films (IZNF) is handed over to FAU earlier this year. About 1200 m² of the IZNF are now the new home of three CENEM workgroups. Besides office space, the CENEM has now access to additional ...

Erlangen 10.11.2017 – The inauguration of the Zeiss Xradia Ultra 810, Germany’s highest resolution lab-based X-ray microscope / nano-CT, took place in the Institute of Micro- and Nanostructure Research (IMN) and Center for Nanoanalysis and Electron Microscopy (CENEM). The inauguration started with g...

Erlangen 27.07.2017 – Zeiss Xradia Ultra 810 (nano-CT), a high resolution lab source X-ray microscope, has been installed in Erlangen and successfully passed the acceptance test. The instrument can provide a resolution of 50 nm thanks to its advanced modern X-ray optics. Being a dedicated tomography...

The application for funding of the NanoMill® TEM specimen preparation system has been granted recently by DFG. Fischione’s Model 1040 NanoMill® TEM specimen preparation system is an excellent tool for creating high-quality thin specimens needed for advanced transmission electron microscopy imagin...