The University of Queensland (being my home base) is where the bulk of the characterisation of my ion implanted polymers takes place. The CMM have quite a few electron microscopes (both scanning and transmission), as well as the associated sample prep equipment. The BSAF have an excellent XPS unit, two XRDs and an AFM/STM combo unit.
Centre for Microscopy & Microanalysis
This centre has some of the best electron microscopes in the southern hemisphere. It has one of the few 400kV Transmission Electron Microscopes (TEM) in existence. It also have a high resolution Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM); this one is a strange beast, it has the upper part of a TEM and the lower workings of a SEM. They have all of the sample preparation equipment that is needed, too (although most of it is for those biologist types). The following are all of the microscopes that I've used at one time or another.
Transmission Electron Microscopes
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| JEOL 2010 200kV TEM |
Techni20 200kV scanning TEM |
JEOL 4010 400kV TEM |
Scanning Electron Microscopes
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| Low Vacuum SEM (good for insulating samples) |
Phillips30 Multistation (electron diffraction, electron induced luminescence & electron conductivity) |
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| JEOL 6400 Field Emission Gun SEM |
Jeol High Resolution SEM |
Brisbane Surface Analysis Facility
This facility have some of the best equipment for determining the composition and structure of samples. Most notable is their X-ray Photoemission Spectroscopy (XPS) device. This device can not only tell what elements a sample is composed of, but it can also tell what type of bonding occurs between them. This thing has awesome resolution, and can tell the difference between bonding types of similar energy. They also have two X-ray Diffraction (XRD) machines. These tell the structure of your sample, and can give you some idea of their composition (you do need a good idea of what's in there to begin with). This facility recently acquired a dual Atomic Force Microscope (AFM)/Scanning Tunneling Microscope. They also have a gas mass chromograph.
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| Axis XPS |
Bruker XRD (one of two, the other is for powders) |