The Stanford Nanocharacterization Laboratory (SNL) provides modern facilities for the characterization of materials. Instruments include high-resolution electron microscopes, X-ray diffractometers, and surface science analytical instruments. The instruments are available to internal Stanford users as well as external users from industry and academia.
Available Equipment
- Focused Ion Beam (FIB) Laboratory
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Transmission Electron Microscopt (TEM) Facilities
- Tecnai TEM
- Titan ETEM
- TEM Specimen preparation Laboratory
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Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) Laboratories
- Sirion SEM
- Magellan SEM
- Electron Microprobe Analysis (EMPA) Laboratory
- Scanning Auger Spectroscopy Laboratory
- S-Ray Photoemision Spectroscopy (XPS/ESCA) Laboratory
- X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) Laboratory
- Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM) Laboratory
Selected References
The fate and toxicity of Raman-active silica-gold nanoparticles in mice. Thakor AS, Luong R, Paulmurugan R, Lin FI, Kempen P, Zavaleta C, Chu P, Massoud TF, Sinclair R, Gambhir SS. Sci Transl Med. 2011 Apr 20;3(79):79ra33. PubMedID: 21508310.
A biocompatible condensation reaction for controlled assembly of nanostructures in living cells. Liang G, Ren H, Rao J. Nat Chem. 2010 Jan;2(1):54-60. Epub 2009 Dec 17. PubMedID: 21124381; PMCID: PMC3196337.
Affibody-functionalized gold-silica nanoparticles for Raman molecular imaging of the epidermal growth factor receptor. Jokerst JV, Miao Z, Zavaleta C, Cheng Z, Gambhir SS. Small. 2011 Mar 7;7(5):625-33. PubMedID: 21302357.
