About the Electron Microscope Facility

The ELECTRON MICROSCOPE FACILITY, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, is a service laboratory which supports instruction and research with transmission and
scanning electron microscopy, electron diffraction, x-ray energy spectrometry, and microstructure metrology. The FACILITY began operations in 1967 and serves academic clients in the biological,
materials, and earth sciences. Services are also occasionally contracted by corporate, government, and other off-campus collaborators.

The FACILITY has a Philips CM-12 scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) installed in 1990 and a new (2009) FEI Dual Beam field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM) and a FEI environmental scanning electron microscope (ESEM). Each microscope is equipped with an x-ray energy spectrometer able to detect elements heavier than beryllium. Instrument access, instrument operation, specimen preparation, electron photomicrography, operator training, and research design consultation
services are available on a fee-for-service basis.