In addition to having full access to the instrumental and computational platforms of ISESS and Tianjing University, CIPPE emphasizes to develop its onw analytical capacities specializing in interfacial observation and measurements, as well as visualization of microbial, rizhospheric, and root systems. An incomplete listing of Instrumentation commissioned and in acquisition (Fig. 4) is given below:
Nanoscale secondary ion mass spectrometry (Cameca NanoSIMS 50L)
Field emission Scanning Electron Microscope (ZEISS Sigma 500)
Thermogravimetric Analysis-Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy(TGA-FTIR)
Atomic Force Microscope (MultiMode 8)
X-Ray Fluorecence Spectrometer (XRF)
X-Ray Differactometer (powder and micro)
Mössbauer spectrometer
High-Res cell imaging system (DeltaVision Elite)
