The facility has specimen preparation and ancillary equipment relating to microscopy and microanalysis. These may be made available for independent use depending on experience, training and availability. There may be a cost associated with the use of some equipment.

• Edwards E12E and E306A vacuum coating units
• Edwards S150A Sputter coating unit
• Balzers CPD 020 Critical point drier
• Leica EM Pact high pressure freezer
• Leica EM AFS (automatic freeze substitution) unit
• Leica cryo-plunge
• Leica Ultracut T cryo-ultramicrotome
• Gatan PIPS (ion-beam thinning unit)
• Gatan Microtest 5000 dynamic tensile stage (LM and SEM)
  

  To view movie of dynamic test of wood compression with the Gatan tensile stage, please click here.

  To view movie of Edwards E306A vacuum coating unit, please click here.