Siegen Micro- and Nanoanalytics Facility MNaF

• Subject Area: Synthesis and Properties of Functional Materials ; Physical Chemistry of Solids and Surfaces, Material Characterisation
• Term: since 2020
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 437839501

The Micro and Nanoanalytics Facility MNaF is the central competence center of the University of Siegen for complementary material characterization and is an important platform for interdisciplinary materials research at the Faculty of Science and Technology. The MNaF hosts modern characterization instrumentation as well as to a large number of sample preparation tools and makes these and the associated methodological expertise available to internal users and external cooperation partners. These include advanced light, electron and ion microscopy, X-ray diffraction and tomography and scanning probe techniques. In addition, MNaF users have access to state-of-the-art micro- and nanoanalytical methods, such as aberration-corrected S/TEM, atomic probe tomography and advanced synchrotron X-ray techniques, beyond the equipment available at the facility. In addition to this portfolio, MNaF offers user trainings, dedicated courses and professional characterization service. Primary goals of this infrastructure project are the development of the MNaF user support and trainings, the acquisition of new external users, the planning of the recently granted INCYTE research center of the university (new home of MNaF), the professionalization of the internal administrational routines as well as the operation of the MNaF instrumentation, and the sustainable financial development of the center.

• DFG Programme: Core Facilities
• Applicant Institution: Universität Siegen
• Leader: Professor Dr. Benjamin Butz