West Campus Materials Characterization Core

About the core

The West Campus Materials Characterization Core (MCC) is a university-wide shared user facility that works in partnership with other materials characterization resources at Yale and with the Analytical Services Group at West Campus.

Our analytical capabilities include the investigation of crystal structure, surface topography, materials microstructure and chemical microanalysis, surface chemical characterization, and physical property measurements. We offer a variety of instruments and techniques, including X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), focused ion-beam (FIB) SEM, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), X-ray fluorescence (XRF) and X-ray diffraction (XRD), and a physical property measurement system (PPMS), together with specimen preparation tools.

Available to Yale researchers & external researchers

• Physical science resources
• Imaging