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MAPEX Core Facility for Materials Analytics
3D Materials Analytics
We use X-rays to non-destructively inspect the three-dimensional distribution of matter inside the object of investigation.
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Electron Microscopy
We investigate our samples using high-energy electron beams to obtain images with resolution down to the atom scale.
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Surface Analytics
We combine microscopic and spectroscopic techniques to monitor processes at materials surfaces.
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Spectroscopy
We perform in-situ and real-time chemical, electronic and optical characterization of materials under different conditions, e.g. to identify and map different phases.
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X-ray Diffraction
We support structure investigations of materials from crystalline nanomaterials to macroscopic single crystals at ambient and non-ambient conditions.
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Materials Modeling
We develop and apply computational methods from quantum mechanics to continuum theories to design and understand new materials and processes.
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Research Highlights and News
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Using convolutional neural networks for stereological characterization of 3D hetero-aggregates based on synthetic STEM data
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Synthesis and characterization of (Pb1−xSr x )MnBO4: a structural and spectroscopic study
Instrument manager
Dr. Wilken Seemann
University of Bremen
IW3, Room 2190
Am Biologischen Garten 2
28359 Bremen
Phone: +49 421 218 64954
E-Mail: Instrument Manager
Science manager
Dr. Hanna Lührs
University of Bremen
IW3-Building, Room 2230
Am Biologischen Garten 2
28359 Bremen
Phone: +49 421 218 64580
E-Mail: MAPEX
Scientific coordinator
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Lucio Colombi Ciacchi
University of Bremen
TAB-Building, Room 3.30
Am Fallturm 1
28359 Bremen
Phone: +49 421 218 64570
E-Mail: Scientific coordinator