Providing academia and industry with the tools for nanoscale and macroscale investigations
LEMAS houses a large proportion of the electron microscopy and analysis facilities at the University of Leeds. Situated in the School of Process Environmental and Materials Engineering, LEMAS is jointly run by the Institute for Materials Research and the School of Earth and Environment.
LEMAS is internationally renowned as a leading research centre in Microscopic and Spectroscopic Characterization of solid materials.
LEMAS aims to develop and underpin Materials Characterization techniques in the University and to also offer external services to outside Higher Education institutions and industry.
Specialist Techniques: High spatial resolution microanalysis - Light element composition - Elemental distributions - Chemical state information - Segregation phenomena - Imaging microporous materials - Cross sectional microscopy and analysis.
Specialist Research Areas: Nanomaterials - Metallurgy - Ceramics/Minerals - Biomaterials - Composite materials - Powders - Interfaces/Surfaces.
The characterization of the morphology, structure and chemical composition of materials at lengthscales which can be as small as atomic dimensions constitutes a key aspect in understanding both a material's physical behaviour, such as the electronic, thermal, magnetic and mechanical properties, and its chemical behaviour.
Materials Characterization lies at the interface between the physical and engineering sciences, it also increasingly covers many areas of the biological sciences. The major technological advances throughout history have been dependent on an accurate characterization of the structure and chemistry of both traditional, improved and novel materials.
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The Leeds Electron Microscopy and Spectroscopy Centre Institute for Materials Research University of Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom.