Core research
Our research facilities
Open-access user facilities
AMOLF is committed to supporting the development of science and innovation more broadly. In line with this, AMOLF offers valuable research facilities that are also accessible to scientists and startup companies from outside the institute:
Technical departments
AMOLF explores novel fields of research. To this purpose, our researchers need unique advanced equipment, electronics, and software that often cannot be obtained commercially and that is specially designed and made by the technical departments. Dedicated group technicians take care of the equipment in the labs and support the researchers.
AMOLF has four specialized technical departments:
AMOLF NanoLab Amsterdam
The AMOLF NanoLab Amsterdam is a cleanroom facility for the fabrication and characterization of nanomaterials and nanodevices. It is part of the national research infrastructure NanoLabNL.
Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM)
AMOLF acquired a unique instrument: a Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM). With this microscope researchers can now watch materials at the atomic scale and see what is happening over time and under the influence of light. This microscope is open to everyone with an academic or industrial affiliation at an hourly fee.
