Brockhouse Institute Facilities

The structure of the Institute is designed to provide exceptional service not only to materials experts but also to researchers from other fields that require materials-based information. To achieve its mission, the Institute undertakes two complementary activities. First it attracts the top specialists to access its facilities. This drives the instrumentation and staff toward innovative activities that advance the state-of-the-art for each technique. Second, the superb capabilities of the staff amd equipment is made available to the entirety of the materials community. In doing this, new techniques are brought to bear on the most challenging materials more quickly.

The following facilities are available:

Canadian Center for Electron Microscopy (CCEM)

The facilities of the CCEM are unlike any existing in Canada or the rest of the world.

Centre for Crystal Growth

An extensive suite of infrastructure dedicated to crystal growth of new and existing materials.

McMaster Analytical Xray Facility

Suite of instruments for both single crystal and powder diffraction

Materials Synthesis and Characterization

Comprehensive facilities for the synthesis of metallic, ceramic and composite materials.

Electronic and Magnetic Characterization Facility

Photonics Resarch Laboratory

A substantial suite of optical and electronic analytical equipment exists both to characterize the optical pulses and to facilitate a broad range of experiments.