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The Rede Nacional de Microscopia Electrónica (RNME) is a structure whose aim is the availability of electronic microscopy infrastructure facilities and promote its use and sharing, including visualization equipment and sample preparation.
RNME received funding in the amount of 3.4M€ from FCT. It is located at the
following institutions: Universidade de Aveiro, Universidade de Coimbra,
Universidade do Minho e Universidade do Porto.
UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO
Principal Investigator: Joaquim Manuel Vieira
Equipment:
HR-TEM200-SE/EDS — Microscópio electrónico de transmissão analítico de alta
resolução de 200kV
HR-SEM-SE/EDS — Microscópio electrónico de varrimento, analítico e de alta
resolução
UNIVERSIDADE DE COIMBRA
Principal Investigator: Henrique Girão
Equipment
CTEM/B — Microscópio Electrónico de Transmissão
UMic-BIO/B — Ultramicrótomo
UNIVERSIDADE DO MINHO
Principal Investigatorl: Ana Maria Pinto
Equipment:
FEG_ ESEM_EDS/EBSD — Microscópio Electrónico de Varrimento de Ultra-Alta
Resolução
Unidade de preparação de amostras poliméricas para Microscopia Electrónica de
Transmissão
UNIVERSIDADE DO PORTO
Principal Investigator: Carlos Pinto Moreira de Sá
Equipment:
FEG-ESEM-EDS/EBSD — Microscópio electrónico de varrimento ambiental de efeito
de campo
Cryo-SEM
Unidade de Cryo-SEM para preparação/transferência e observação de amostras a
baixa temperatura
The management and organization model, usage and access rules, and the rights and duties of users are regulated by a Management Model, agreed upon by all participants, of which FCT is the guarantor. Pertinent information to the scientific community is available from the RNME site.