MSE Briefs
Announcements and updates by the faculty and students of the UVA Department of Materials Science and Engineering
NMCF Featured in SEAS Open House
May 05, 2022 cdukes@virginia.eduUVa's Nanoscale Materials Characterization Facility (NMCF) featured during SEAS annual public open house.
Saturday, April 23rd, 2022, our laboratory spaces were opened to the public.
Demonstrations by NMCF scientists and students were given during UVa's School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) Open House, which included engineering school building tours and program visits.
This year's tours featured NMCF's new FEI Themis High-Resolution Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope (HR-STEM), the Helios Focused Ion Beam and Scanning Electron Microscope (FIB-SEM), the X-ray Diffraction Laboratory with both powder and single-crystal diffractometers (XRD) on display, as well the Versaprobe III Imaging X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopic (XPS) Microscope.
Expert student users and scientists spent time describing each sophisticated instrument and materials characterization methodology, providing real-world examples to participants, as well as demonstrating the type of data acquired and answering questions.
UVA and JMU Faculty Earn 4-VA Grant to Study Materials Used in Flexible Electronics
April 12, 2022 mkw3a@virginia.eduStephen McDonnell, University of Virginia assistant professor of materials science and engineering, and Costel Constantin, James Madison University associate professor of physics, have launched a research project that could lead to more responsive touch screens.
Alen Korjenic Earns Marcel Pourbaix Prize Award for Corrosion Science
March 24, 2022 mkw3a@virginia.eduAlen Korjenic earned the Marcel Pourbaix Prize (2nd) for his top poster in corrosion science presented at the Association for Materials Protection and Performance 2022 annual conference.
Masking Requirement Lifted for NMCF
March 20, 2022 cdukes@virginia.eduMasks and COVID vaccinations are now optional at UVa and within the NMCF, including during for-credit laboratory classes.
If you have had close contact with someone who has recently tested positive for COVID, please wear a mask in the NMCF facilities per UVa policy.
If you have significant health concerns where universal masking is advised, please reach out to the appropriate NMCF instrument scientist or class instructor.
Details concerning UVa's COVID policy for staff & visitors can be found here.
Materials Science Research Collaboration Envisions Transition to a Hydrogen Economy
January 10, 2022 mkw3a@virginia.eduResearchers at UVA and James Madison University have teamed up to test economically viable materials for hydrogen fuel cells, a viable option to decarbonize the transportation and logistics sectors.
Petra Reinke Demonstrates How Surface Chemistry Influences Corrosion Pathways
December 17, 2021 mkw3a@virginia.eduNAS Publishes Proceedings of Workshop Co-Convened by Haydn Wadley to Address COVID-19’s Impact on the Materials Science Ecosystem
November 09, 2021 mkw3a@virginia.eduAZtecTimed is now AZtecFlex
November 03, 2021 cdukes@virginia.eduHeads up if you use AZTtec software for your SEM/TEM analysis.
AztecTimed is no longer free to download, and has been updated.
AZtecTimed is now AZtecFlex and for students the licence is discounted, from ($1,399.00) to ($139.00). For more information on how to access this discount as a student, click here.
AZtecFlex is a 12-month personal subscription licence for installation on your desktop or laptop, designed to let you use AZtec anywhere and without needing to access shared facilities.
AZtecFlex includes advanced data processing features, for example, particle analysis and EBSD data processing, allowing you to access them even if they aren’t enabled on the system used to acquire the data. Your licence will also provide access to the latest AZtec release as soon as it is available.
Tutorials and Demos can be found here.
David Green Honored as Scholar-Athlete
October 13, 2021 mkw3a@virginia.eduUVA Engineering joins the West Potomac (Virginia) High School Wolverine nation to celebrate its outstanding student athletes, coaches and administrators. David L. Green, associate professor of materials science, chemical, and mechanical engineering is among the 2020 inductees in the West Potomac Athletic Hall of Fame.
3D Reconstruction Software Now Available for Phenom SEM
October 07, 2021 cdukes@virginia.edu
3D Reconstruction Software is now available on the NMCF Phenom Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM).
3D Reconstruction Software can generate three-dimensional images and provide submicrometer roughness measurements over areas and lines. Calculation of Rz, Rz, and Sa, as well as topographical surface scans and line scans can be acquired. Scans can be displayed as heat maps (image below) or as profiles. Data can be exported to be displayed in user software.
Details can be found here: https://www.thermofisher.com/us/en/home/electron-microscopy/products/software-em-3d-vis/3d-reconstruction-software.html
A brief User Guide is available on Sharepoint, and additional information can be found in the Phenom Manual.
Note that NMCF has a temporary license (expiration: 1 November 2021), so get your measurements in now!
Would this software would be a useful permanent addition to the SEM toolkit? Let NMCF know! (email: rrw3q@virginia.edu)
