New rates coming November 1, 2011. Check News page for details.

New acquisitions in 2011:

(1) VEGA-3 SEM (Tescan) with EDS (Oxford Instruments)

(2) Cryo stage on the ToF SIMS mass spectrometer.

Please visit the Instrumentation page for details.

Next ACSES training on Practical Surface Analysis will take place in October 2011. If you want to have your name added to the waiting list for this workshop please click here to read details and register.

ACSES Mission

The University of Alberta Faculties of Engineering and Science are collaborating to develop an integrated facility for surface characterization and modification.

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The facility will allow innovative research to build an established strengths in heterogenious catalysis, natural resource extraction, corrosion and wear, microfabrication and electronic materials.

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New methods are being developed to control the physical, chemical and biological surface properties of materials. These will be central to many applications in resource extraction, petrochemicals, microelectronics, medical implants, pharmaceutical, and emerging micro- and nanotechnologies.

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Our interdisciplinary team will synthesize, characterize, and test new surfaces in actual applications and devices.