Applications

High-resolution Electron Microscopy

Geoscience

Apatite crystal in melanosome migmatite

Mollusk on 80 million year old Mosasaur skin

SEM image of diagenetic crystallite and calcite overgrowths cemented on a morozovellid shell. Kozdon et al. (2013) Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology

BioMaterials

Zhang et al (2010) Biomaterials — Stem cells grown onto pseudo-wollastonite substrate. Zhang et al (2010) Biomaterials

Calcite crystal supports within leaf of a pea plant

SEM image of sea urchin tooth. Killian et al. (2011) Advanced Functional Materials

Engineered Materials

BSE image of oxide precipitates in steel

Analysis of filter pitch dimensions on 100 mesh Mo grid

Analysis of fracture surfaces in high strength tensile steel

Anthropology

Steatite microbeads, Chanhudaro, Pakistan, ca. 2450-2000 BC credit: Mark Kenoyer

Woven silk prserved by copper salts from bronze tool corrosion. Harappa, 2450 BC credit: Mark Kenoyer, Anthropology

Biology and Entomology

Resident flora on Big Brown bat wing found while researching white-nose syndrome in bats Credit: Vanderwolf, New Brunswich Museum

Head of a bug from Bil's basement

Head of a nematode

Soil Science

Tephra in soils from the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Haus et al. (Geoderma)

Point counting and modal analysis of soils

Titanium dendrites

Astromaterials

BSE image of calcium aluminum-rich inclusions. Kita et al. (2012) Geochimica and Cosmochimica Acta

BSE image of carbonate concretions in the SNC meteorite. Eiler et al. (2002) Geochimica and Cosmochimica Acta

Olivine and pyroxene phenocrysts in Type IIAB meteorite. Kita et al. (2010) Geochemica and Cosmochimica Acta

Cathodoluminescence (CL)

Silica overgrowths in St. Peters Sandstone, Wisconsin

Dislocations in GaInP/GaInAs/Ge solar cells. Fetzer et al. (2004) Journal of Crystal Growth

Zircon crystal from Yakutian Kimberlite, Russia

CL analysis of semi-conductor materials

CL emission is absent from threading dislocations.

CL image of silica overgrowths in St. Peters Sandstone

Olivine-rich chondrule from Semarkona meteorite

Polystage evolution of growth history and porosity in dolomite

Detrital zircon crystal, Adirondacks

Chemical Element Mapping

Y map of monazite porphyroblast

Map of C in carbide steel alloy

X-ray map of N distribution in hydrothermally-altered basalt — X-ray map of N in hydrothermally-altered basalt

Al x-ray map of migmatitic gneiss, Ledge Mountain, Adirondack Highlands, New York — Ca X-ray map of migmatitic gneiss, Ledge Mountain, Adirondack Highlands, New York

Energy-Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS)

EDS analysis of plagioclase feldspar

EDS phase map of rhyolitic cumulates. Schaen et al. (2018) Journal of Petrology

Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD)

EBSD pattern of trigonal crystal

Band contrast and euler angle map of experimentally deformed quartz porphyroclasts

EBSD band contrast image of Banded Iron Formation

EBSD confirms identification of enstatite inclusion within diamond matrix

Wavelength Dispersive X-ray Spectrometry (WDS)

WDS Scan Hafnon HfSiO4

WDS scans across N-bearing minerals (Nachlas et al. 2020 M&M)

Oxide percentages in tephra samples — Oxide percentages in tephra samples. Haus et al. (2016) Geoderma

EPMA analysis of a silver ring fragment from Nagwada

Sr distribution in Selawik River broad whitefish otolith