Purchase of a Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope

要求提供资金，以支持购买一个国家的- 最先进的扫描透射电子显微镜（STEM）将成为 安装在密歇根大学的实验室里。大学 密歇根大学和地质科学系 支持这一提议，分担仪器50%的费用 采购和实验室运营和支持预算。 STEM将被所有大学用于研究 教师，重点是地球科学研究， 材料科学支持的地质研究将强调 粘土矿物学方面，变质过程，和作用 低应变率下岩石变形中的流体。

Funds are requested to support the purchase of a state-of- the-art Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope (STEM) to be installed in a University of Michigan laboratory. The University of Michigan and the Department of Geological Sciences are supporting this proposal with 50% cost-sharing on the instrument purchase and with the laboratory operating and support budgets. The STEM will be made available for research by all University faculty, with emphasis on research in earth sciences and materials science. Geological research supported will emphasize aspects of clay mineralogy, metamorphic processes, and the role of fluids in rock deformation at low strain rates.