Purchase of a Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope

要求资金支持购买最先进的扫描透射电子显微镜（STEM），安装在密歇根大学的实验室。密歇根大学和地质科学系正在支持这一提议，并在仪器购买和实验室运营和支持预算方面分担50%的费用。STEM将提供给所有大学教师进行研究，重点是地球科学和材料科学的研究。支持的地质研究将侧重于粘土矿物学、变质过程以及流体在低应变速率下岩石变形中的作用。

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.