The Electron Microscopy Center Group (EMC) develops and maintains unique capabilities for electron beam characterization and applies those capabilities to solve materials challenges. EMC emphasizes three major areas: materials research, experimental technique and instrumentation development, and operation of unique and state-of-the-art instrumentation. 

The goals of EMC materials research are closely aligned with those of our user community. To achieve those aims, EMC offers unique capabilities and expertise in imaging and spectroscopy, with particular emphasis on complex oxides and energy-related materials. Research to develop new capabilities focuses on enhancing detection efficiency for electron beam spectroscopies and developing in situ and operando microscopy. One of EMC's signature capabilities is a chromatic-aberration corrected transmission electron microscope, one of only three such instruments currently operating worldwide. State-of-the-art support facilities also are available including standard specimen preparation facilities and an image analysis laboratory.