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Resources

Links we use and recommend: booking and training, other Yale cores, microscope automation, analysis software, databases and national facilities.

Automation and AI for microscopy

Local Microscope Copilot (GXSM4)Connects to a live GXSM4 microscope session and uses a locally run LLM (Ollama) to handle natural-language commands and repetitive microscope workasyncroscopy (pycroscopy)Asynchronous, hardware-agnostic central server (PyTango) for coordinating microscope hardware, from a Thermo Fisher Spectra 300 to simulated digital twins

ACEM Core

ACEM Core on Yale ResearchOfficial core page: services, rates, contactsLive CalendarBooking calendar and live instrument status

Other Yale cores and computing

Yale Research Cores directoryAll shared research cores at YaleYINQEYale Institute for Nanoscience and Quantum Engineering: TEM, SEM, cleanroomWest Campus Materials Characterization CoreXRD, XPS, spectroscopy and moreWest Campus Imaging CoreLight and electron imaging for life sciencesYale Center for Research ComputingHPC clusters and GPUs for large datasets

Analysis and simulation software

MyScopeFree online microscopy training with TEM and SEM simulators (Microscopy Australia)HyperSpyMultidimensional data analysis (EELS, EDS, 4D-STEM)py4DSTEM4D-STEM analysis: strain, orientation, ptychographyLiberTEMFast, distributed processing of large 4D-STEM dataabTEMMultislice simulation of TEM and STEM imagesNIST DTSA-IIEDS spectrum simulation and quantification

Databases

EELS.info atlasEdge energies and reference spectra by element (Gatan)Materials ProjectComputed crystal structures and propertiesCrystallography Open DatabaseOpen CIF files for indexing diffraction

National user facilities

DOE Nanoscale Science Research CentersFree user access by proposalCFN electron microscopy, BrookhavenCNMS user proposals, Oak RidgeMolecular Foundry, Berkeley LabIncludes NCEM

Societies and journals

Microscopy Society of AmericaM&M meeting, certification, student awardsMicroanalysis SocietyEDS, EELS and microanalysis communityMicroscopy and MicroanalysisMSA's journal