NanoSIMS Lab
- Technical expert: Michiel Kienhuis
- Scientific head: Lubos Polerecky
- Contact: info.geolab@uu.nl
Tremendous advancements in technology have enabled us to look at nature in ever increasing levels of detail.
What we do
In our lab, we host the only Nano-scale Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer (NanoSIMS) in the Netherlands. NanoSIMS is an ion imaging technique that allows the analysis of elemental and isotopic composition of solid materials at a sub micrometer spatial scale (down to 50 nm).
With the NanoSIMS technique, practically any kind of solid material can be analyzed. Our expertise lies in the field of natural sciences, where we quantify the activity of bacteria in (environmental) samples, look at the spatial distribution of elements in shells of marine organisms or measure isotopes in minerals, rocks and meteorites.
The NanoSIMS instrument has many more applications, particularly in life sciences, medical research, agriculture and material sciences. As a Dutch national facility, our lab is open to internal and external users.