The Electron Microscopy Service of Universidade de Aveiro (SME@UA) is a common use facility of the Centre for Imaging and Structure of Materials (CEIM) of CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials. The main goal is to support high-quality research by providing microstructural, structural and chemical analysis, and by training users, while giving access to the entire Universidade de Aveiro’s research community and to external private and public entities.

The SME@UA manages, in an integrated way, the following medium and large-scale pieces of equipment:

Transmission Electron Microscopy:
- STEM Hitachi, Model HD2700;
- TEM Jeol, Model 2200 FS;
- TEM Hitachi, Model  H9000;

Scanning Electron Microscopy:
- SEM Hitachi, Model SU-70;
- SEM Hitachi, Model S4100;

Other:
- 3D Optical Profilometer, Sensofar, Model S Neox;
- AFM  Bruker (Veeco), Model Nanoscope IIIA Multimode;

External users will need to contact the following email address to create an account:
ciceco-sme@ua.pt.

The SME@UA facility is located at DeMaC (Departamento de Engenharia de Materiais e Cerâmica), building 9, Santiago University Campus, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.