Our Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) facilities are based in the Department of Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences (DEOES), within the School of Environmental Sciences, Liverpool University. For an introduction to the facility see:

http://www.liv.ac.uk/earth-ocean-and-ecological-sciences/research/deformation-microstructures-and-volcanology/facilities/

Staff responsible for the facility: Dr. E. Mariani (tel. 0151 794 5180 or 45107, email: Mariani@liverpool.ac.uk).

Technical support: Ms C. Pinnington (tel. 0151 794 4087 or 45107, email: murphyca@liverpool.ac.uk

The facility supports research involving backscatter, secondary electron and chemical analysis, but this page focuses on Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) as Liverpool was one of the first Earth Sciences departments to install EBSD detectors and to demonstrate the potential of the technique in geoscience.

Focus on our EBSD research

On the left is the CamScan X500 SEM for EBSD, designed by us in collaboration with CamScan. Papers relating to our EBSD research All Liverpool Earth Science EBSD references (as of July 2014) Alternatively look at these on Researcher id: go here and then click on the bottom-left menu "Publication Groups" In July 2014 we had 109 papers and the group h-index was 23, with 1890 citations Major grants funding our SEM and EBSD research In July 2014 Elisabetta Mariani and John Wheeler hold over £2m of active NERC grants which involve EBSD. All Liverpool Earth Science SEM and EBSD grants (as of July 2014) Liverpool postgraduate students involved in EBSD research See here Visitors collaborating on EBSD research See here. We welcome visitors for collaboration and have had many. If your name is missing from this list, apologies,  please just remind us! A bit of history here