Materials Characterization and
Analysis Laboratory(MCAL)

Overview

The Materials Characterization and Analysis Laboratory (MCAL) within the NDSU Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) is composed of instrumentation clusters aimed at providing critical insight into the chemical and physical properties of a wide range of materials. As an interdisciplinary research center anchored by federal programs and competitive private funding, the laboratory’s first responsibility is to meet the needs of the researchers within CNSE. External entities, including both on- and off-campus partners, are encouraged to collaborate with CNSE as long as there is instrument availability and proper confidentiality documentation has been signed. The MCAL’s instrumentation suite offers academic and industrial partners a unique set of analytical capabilities, which may assist them in accomplishing their project goals.

The MCAL’s analytical capabilities include elemental, compound, and molecular compositions that can be determined and cross-correlated for a wide variety of materials. Structural determination and stoichiometry for network solids is achievable, and thin films of varying thicknesses and compositions can be successfully analyzed. Advanced thermal and thermomechanical instrumentation is available for precise characterization of polymeric materials. Surface characterization techniques and measurements are also performed on a variety of advanced instrumentation.

A list of instrumentation and methods within the MCAL is provided below.

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For further information regarding CNSE’s materials characterization capabilities and/or rates, please contact the MCAL Manager at (701) 231-5305 or by email.

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