SuperSTEM's mission is to push the limits of electron microscopy and spectroscopy. We provide the scientific community with early access to emerging technologies, unique, bespoke instrumentation, and to on-going technological and methodological developments. We support a wide variety of multi-disciplinary research thanks to: 

• cutting-edge instrumentation 

• state-of-the-art data analysis 

• expertise and training in advanced electron microscopy. 

Access to SuperSTEM is open to academics within the world-wide scientific community through a variety of routes. Commercial and proprietary research access is welcome, subject to funding. 

Our own research or research carried out in collaboration with other institutions ranges from fields as diverse as metallurgy, photovoltaic semi-conductors, thermoelectric oxides, catalysis for clear air technology, soft matter as well as microscopy instrumentation and technique development. See a collection of case studies and a description of some of our on-going projects for an insight into the diversity of research areas supported by SuperSTEM.

The principal location of the laboratory is a purpose-built low-vibration facility on the SciTech Daresbury Science and Innovation Campus. The laboratory is embedded within the UK academic community through a consortium of universities, led by the University of Leeds and joined by the Universities of Glasgow, Liverpool, Manchester, Oxford and York.