About the Eyring Materials Center

The Eyring Materials Center (formerly known as the LeRoy Eyring Center for Solid State Science) provides academic and industry researchers with open access to advanced facilities and equipment for materials characterization; surface, optical and structural analysis; elemental composition; and high-resolution electron microscopy. The center supports materials analysis across a broad range of scientific disciplines, including physics, chemistry, life sciences, earth and space sciences, environmental sciences and engineering. 

We have more than 50 years of experience training researchers on our electron microscopes and other analytical tools. Materials scientists who trained at ASU are now running analytical, characterization and imaging laboratories in academia, government and industry worldwide.  

Industry users access our instruments for corporate R&D in microelectronics, aerospace, medical electronics, energy, personal care, automotive, life sciences and other industries. Contact us about industry rates for one-time use or learn about our Industrial Associates Program.

The Eyring Materials Center comprises three facilities that provide instrumentation and expertise to researchers.

John M. Cowley Center for High-Resolution Electron Microscopy

As a global leader in high-resolution electron microscopy, ASU plays an important role in characterizing the critical properties of materials. This facility houses nearly a dozen electron microscopes that probe the physical, electronic, chemical and molecular structure of matter on an atomic scale, including biological specimen imaging. Our instrumentation provides sub-angstrom spatial resolution for solving important materials and device challenges.

Goldwater Materials Science Facility

This facility includes an extensive array of analytical tools, including X-ray diffraction and topography, surface probe microscopy, AFM, FT-IR, micro-Raman spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, profilometry, X-ray fluorescence, small-angle X-ray scattering, X-ray absorption spectroscopy, J L Shepherd 484R-2 radiator, ellipsometry and UV-vis spectroscopy.

Metals, Environmental and Terrestrial Analytical Laboratory 

METAL is a dual location facility with instrumentation and staff to support diverse research, such as nutrient analysis by colorimetry/flow-injection, surface area and porosity measurement, ion chromatography, isotopic analysis of greenhouse gases, and elemental and isotopic analyses of natural and synthetic materials. Visit METAL