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Microscopy Laboratory

Professor Soumendra Nath Basu
15 St. Mary's Street, Rm. 141
Phone: 617/353-2937
Website: http://people.bu.edu/basu/

This laboratory is dedicated to the preparation of electron transparent specimens for observation in the Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM). Specimens have to be reduced to thickness in the order of 100Å in order to study atomic arrangements by high resolution TEM. Equipment available for this purpose includes a GATAN dimpler and ion-mill, as well as precision grinding and polishing apparatus. The laboratory is also equipped with a darkroom, capable of processing TEM negatives and prints.