A centre of excellence for materials characterisation and analytical services

LMCC combines the talents of an experienced team of researchers and technicians together with world-class equipment, to offer a unique service to users, both academic and industrial.

Our Flexible Services for Industry

operating a transmission electron microscope

Bespoke Consultancy

A highly efficient and confidential service that provides clients with rapid results

Research

The centre enables researchers to carry out high quality characterisation of materials down to the atomic level.

Services for external researchers

All our equipment is available for internal and external users. The equipment is supported by a team of highly skilled staff.

Facilities

The centre has a range of state-of-the-art characterisation facilities and is supported by a team of 5 specialists.

Services for the Global Research Community

LMCC is a core research facility at Loughborough University. We can support all researchers at the university who require advanced materials characterisation. We also actively engage with researchers from other institutions to develop collaborative research links.

Training short course

View Our Case Studies

FIB - Hot stage case study

In-situ thermal aging of lead-free solder

Micro Bend case study

In-situ micro mechanical testing of electroplated copper nanotwins

Advances in Aluminium TEM Sample Preparation

Find out the advantages of using a Xenon plasma FIB for site specific TEM sample preparation.

EDS maps showing that the particles present are chemically different

SEM detector selection

Find out how we can use a range of different detectors within our electron and ion beam microscopes to help identify particles within steels.