Nanoscale Fabrication and Characterization

Overview of Services

Nanoscale Fabrication and Characterization Core

The Nanoscale Fabrication and Characterization Core provides advanced tools for nanoscale patterning, imaging, and functional characterization of materials and devices. The facility supports interdisciplinary research spanning chemistry, materials science, physics, and engineering, with capabilities ranging from nanometer-scale lithography to correlated structural and electrochemical measurements.

Key Instruments & Capabilities

Thermal Scanning Probe Lithography (t-SPL)
NanoFrazor Explore (Heidelberg Instruments)
Enables direct-write nanoscale patterning using a heated AFM tip with sub-10 nm lateral precision, as well as rapid, mask-less laser-based patterning for micron-scale features. This dual-mode capability allows seamless integration of nano- and micro-scale device architectures.

Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)
NX12 (Park Systems)
High-resolution surface characterization with quantitative topography, phase, and mechanical mapping, supporting both fabricated nanostructures and functional materials.

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy (SECM)
NX12 (Park Systems)
Provides quantitative, spatially resolved electrochemical measurements of interfacial reactivity, mass transport, and catalytic activity with micrometer- to nanometer-scale resolution.

CLocK Microscopy (Calcite-Assisted Localization and Kinetics)
An optical super-resolution approach that enables obtaining the morphology and orientation of single nanoparticlesduring dynamic interfacial processes such as electrochemical reactions.

New users: see Contact field below.

Established users: click here to access the calendars.

Leadership

Vignesh Sundaresan; Assistant Professor and Principal Investigator

Location and hours of operation

Hours	Location
Monday - Friday  8:00am - 5:00pm	Coulter Hall University, MS 38677 Lewis Hall University, MS 38677

Links and Resources

https://olemiss.edu/profiles/vsundare

Contacts

Name	Role	Phone	Email	Location
Vignesh Sundaresan	Assistant Professor and Principal Investigator	(662) 915-2875	vsundare@olemiss.edu
Cecille Labuda	Administrator for NanoFrazor and Associate Professor	(662) 915-3194	cpembert@olemiss.edu	121B Lewis Hall

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