Core and Shared Facilities
Columbia has many cutting-edge research facilities that are designed to provide investigators with shared access to technically specialized services and high-end instrumentation. The Office for Research has designated facilities with high user satisfaction and open-access policies for Columbia investigators as "Core Facilities" on our website. You can search for these facilities below. Alternatively, internal users can search for iLab core services and pricing by logging into iLab.
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School of Engineering and Applied Science
Equipped for research in all types of engineering materials and structural elements as well as damage detection, fatigue, vibrations, and sensor networks. Also has a fully outfitted machine shop.
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Affiliation
Columbia Nano Initiative
Supports creation and evaluation of devices and materials. Applications include nano-electronic and -photonic devices, MEMS/NEMS, flexible electronics, bio-electronics, nano-bio interfaces, and more.
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Affiliation
Columbia Nano Initiative
Facility includes a Transmission Electron Microscope, two Scanning Electron Microscopes (one inside the clean room), and a suite of sample preparation instruments for characterization of materials.
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Affiliation
Columbia Nano Initiative
Provides microscopy, spectroscopy and diffraction characterization instruments to study surfaces, films, magnetic materials, layered materials, polycrystalline materials, and air-sensitive materials.
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