The Materials Analysis User Center (MAUC) is part of the High Temperature Materials Laboratory (HTML), which is a DOE User Facility dedicated to solving materials problems that limit the efficiency and reliability of systems for power generation and energy conversion, distribution, storage and use. The MAUC provides world-class facilities and a staff of technical experts for characterizing the structure and chemistry of advanced materials. A special emphasis is using these tools to relate microstructure to materials performance.

The MAUC comprises a suite of labs that contain the latest-generation electron microscopes and surface analysis instruments, all of which are available to visiting researchers.

Research specialties include characterization of nanophase materials such as catalysts, carbon nanotubes and nanoparticulates; structural ceramics; electron holography (e.g., for dopant profiling in semiconductors); and characterization of multilayer surface films.

Materials Analysis User Center Factsheet

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