Project Details
Description
Our principal aim is to enable new research, teaching and innovation activities in advanced materials characterization through collaboration and sharing of expertise. EMMU is hosted and managed by the School of the Environment, Geography and Geosciences (SEGG), Burnaby Building.
Key instrumentation available in our laboratories includes:
- Multiple scanning electron microscopes (SEM) with a wide-range of detection systems, transmission electron microscope (TEM), laser ablation inductively-coupled-plasma mass-spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) and wide range of optical microscopes and supporting equipment. The laboratories also host X-ray fluorescence and X-ray diffraction equipment.
More information about the Electron Microscopy and Microanalysis Unit can be found here: https://www.port.ac.uk/about-us/our-facilities/lab-and-testing-facilities/electron-microscopy-and-microanalysis-unit
| Acronym | EMMU |
|---|---|
| Status | Active |
| Effective start/end date | 1/01/18 → … |
UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This project contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
Keywords
- SEM
- TEM
- laser ablation
- ICP-MS
- electron microscope
- microscope
- microanalysis
- X-ray
- chemistry
- microscopy
- materials
- EBSD
- EDS
- cathodoluminescence
- trace elements
- isotope
- imaging
Fingerprint
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Evidence for late impact‐induced metasomatism on the brachinite parent body recorded by a phosphate assemblage in NWA 7828
White, L. F., Rider‐Stokes, B. G., Anand, M., Tartèse, R., Darling, J. R., Degli Alessendrini, G., Greenwood, R. & Tait, K. T., 20 Aug 2025, (Early online) In: Meteoritics and Planetary Science.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evidence of a 4.33 billion year age for the Moon’s South Pole–Aitken basin
Joy, K. H., Wang, N., Snape, J. F., Goodwin, A., Pernet-Fisher, J. F., Whitehouse, M. J., Liu, Y., Lin, Y. T., Darling, J. R., Tar, P. & Tartèse, R., 1 Jan 2025, In: Nature Astronomy. 9, p. 55-65 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Accessory mineral microstructure and chronology reveals no evidence for late heavy bombardment on the asteroid 4-Vesta
White, L. F., Moser, D. E., Darling, J. R., Rider-Stokes, B. G., Hyde, B. C., Tait, K. T., Chamberlain, K., Schmitt, A. K., Dunlop, J. & Anand, M., 15 Jun 2024, In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 636, 11 p., 118694.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile43 Downloads (Pure)
Activities
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MetSoc 2022
Darling, J. (Member of programme committee)
Aug 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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STFC Astronomy Grant Reviewer
Darling, J. (Reviewer)
May 2022Activity: Grant Peer-Review › Grant Peer-Reviewer (External)
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Frontiers in Mars Sample Chronology
Darling, J. (Organiser)
24 Mar 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Press/Media
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Portsmouth scientists awarded £342k grant to study how Mars died.
13/12/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research cited
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A new way to improve how we measure the age of planetary evolution
25/05/17 → 30/05/17
4 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research cited
Equipment
Student theses
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Petrochronology and mineral chemistry of mid-crustal shear zones: new tools for tectonics and mineral exploration
Papapavlou, K. (Author), Darling, J. (Supervisor) & Storey, C. (Supervisor), Feb 2017Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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Combined nanostructural and isotopic analysis of baddeleyite: new horizons in solar system chronology
White, L. F. (Author), Darling, J. (Supervisor), Moser, D. E. (Supervisor) & Bullen, D. (Supervisor), 2017Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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