The Electron Microscopy Core Facility is part of the Innovative Electron Microscopy Department. It ensures day-to-day operation of the electron microscopy facility and provides service to researchers at INM covering a large spectrum of electron microscopy techniques (from sample preparation to image analysis) on a broad variety of samples (from hard hybrid materials to soft hydrogels). The core facility team performs the experiments, assists researchers with their use of the facility equipment, provides training for users, and consults regarding best practices for electron microscopy sample preparation, imaging techniques and image processing.
The Service Group works in close cooperation with different research departments at INM, research groups of Saarland University and other institutions on the Campus. The Service Group is also involved in method development at the Innovative Electron Microscopy Department.
Head of Electron Microscopy
This position is currently vacant.
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Team Members
Analysis techniques
Analysis techniques offered by the Electron Microscopy Service group:
- Scanning Electron Microscopy
- Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy
- Focused Ion Beam microscopy and tomography
- Conventional Transmission Electron Microscopy
- Transmission Electron Microscopy at cryogenic temperatures
- X-ray Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy
- Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy
- Electron Backscatter Diffraction
Sample preparation techniques
- Scanning Electron Microscopy
- Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy
- Focused Ion Beam microscopy and tomography
- Conventional Transmission Electron Microscopy
- Transmission Electron Microscopy at cryogenic temperatures
- X-ray Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy
- Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy
- Electron Backscatter Diffraction
Publications
Sierri, Giulia | Saenz-de-Santa-Maria, Ines | Renda, Antonio | Koch, Marcus | Sommi, Patrizia | Anselmi-Tamburini, Umberto | Mauri, Mario | D'Aloia, Alessia | Creiani, Michela | Salerno, Domenico | Mantegazza, Francesco | Zurzolo, Chiara | Re, Francesca
Nanoscale , 2025, 17 992-1006.
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2024/nr/d4nr03174a
Kasper, Jennifer Y. | Laschke, Matthias W. | Koch, Marcus | Alibardi, Lorenzo | Magin, Thomas M. | Niessen, Carien M. | del Campo, Aránzazu
Advanced Science , 2024, 11 (10), 2303816.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/advs.202303816
Afra, Simindokht | Koch, Marcus | Zur-Pinska, Joanna | Dolatshahi, Maryam | Reza Bahrami, Ahmad | Es Sayed, Julien | Moradi, Ali | Matin, Maryam M. | Wlodarczyk-Biegun, Malgorzata K.
2024, 7 100418.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266689392300138X
Kuhn, Thomas | Aljohmani, Ahmad | Frank, Nicolas | Zielke, Lina | Mehanny, Mina | Laschke, Matthias W. | Koch, Marcus | Hoppstädter, Jessica | Kiemer, Alexandra K. | Yildiz, Daniela | Fuhrmann, Gregor
Journal of Controlled Release , 2024, 365 969-980.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168365923007952
Mohamed Yunus, Roshan Akdar | Koch, Marcus | Dieudonné-George, Philippe | Truzzolillo, Domenico | Colgy, Ralph H. | Parisi, Daniele
ACS Macro Letters , 2024, 13 (2), 219-226.
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsmacrolett.3c00710
Norouzian, Mohammadhossein | Elahi, Mahdi Amne | Koch, Marcus | Mahin Zaeem, Reza | Kedziora, Slawomir
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications , 2024, 238 (12), 2471–2486.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14644207241236138
Viale, Francesca | Ciprandi, Matilde | Leoni, Luca | Sierri, Giulia | Renda, Antonio | Barbugian, Federica | Koch, Marcus | Sesana, Silvia | Salvioni, Lucia | Colombo, Miriam | Mantegazza, Francesco | Russo, Laura | Re, Francesca
Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology , 2024, 96 105672.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1773224724003411
Es Sayed, Julien | Mukherjee, Adrivit | El Aani, Siham | Vengallur, Nayan | Koch, Marcus | Giuntoli, Andrea | Kamperman, Marleen
Macromolecules , 2024, 57 (7), 3190-3201.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.3c02335
Andima, Moses | Boese, Annette | Paul, Pascal | Koch, Marcus | Loretz, Brigitta | Lehr, Claus-Michael
ACS Infectious Diseases , 2024, 10 (5), 1696–1710.
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsinfecdis.4c00045
Zolotukhina, Ekaterina V. | Butyrskaya, Elena | Fink-Straube, Claudia | Koch, Marcus | Silina, Yuliya E.
Analyticcal and bioanalytical chemistry , 2024, 416 3619-3630.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00216-024-05316-7