About our Facility

The Core Facility EMMA was established in 2023 as a central instrumentation facility with the aim of supporting and augmenting the evolving research and teaching activities at the University of Ulm. CF EMMA provides shared resources to students and researchers in order to facilitate the exchange of ideas and expertise. Our instrumentation covers a broad range of chemical characterization techniques (see our Core Units), and we encourage you to familiarize yourself with our capabilities by following the links below.

External partners are welcome to make use of our facility and are encouraged to contact us for more information.

Are you a new user and are not sure where to begin? Contact us!

Core Units

Our instrumentation is organized into Core Units, depending on its application in chemical analysis. Follow the links below to learn more about our instruments, our capabilities, and how to submit your samples.

Molecular Structure Analysis

NMR MS SC-XRD CHNS

Materials Analysis

Powder-XRD TGA DSC GPC

Surface Analysis

XPS FIB-SEM

News

February 2026

10.02.2026

We added a new Powder-XRD to our facility. The instrument was co-funded by the DFG under the program 91b. This instrument operates in transmission mode and is a good complement to the reflection measurements provided by the X'Pert Pro instrument.

10.02.2026

We added a new SC-XRD to our facility. The instrument was co-funded by the DFG under the program 91b. This instrument is particularly suited for analyzing small and weakly-diffracting crystals.

January 2026

15.01.2026

At the end of Summer 2025 we expanded our materials characterization abilities with the addition of Malvern Panalytical X'Pert Pro X-ray Diffractometer (formerly a part of the X-ray Service-Institute of Inorganic Chemistry II). We are now able to offer powder diffraction measurements!