Plateforme de Recherche Analytique Technologique et Imagerie

The main mission of PRATIM is to provide users with the necessary equipment for electron microscopy, optical microscopy, small-angle X-ray scattering (Saxs) and laser remote sensing (Lidar).

PRATIM is open to scientific communities from both the academic and private sectors.

Through its microscopy equipment, PRATIM has the capacity to allow the following steps: -micro-examination and analyses of any material, either conductive or non-conductive, -characterization of crystals embedded in thin-sections or cross-sections by cathodoluminescence (CL), -examination of living samples (for instance neuronal cultivation by LSM710 or copepod by ESEM), -correlative microscopy (ESEM-CLSM), -topographical examination of samples surface by laser scanning (3D as a specific function of confocal microscope), -shape and size identification of nanometric samples by SAXSESS Anton PAAR, -long-distance land-surveying and mapping by LIDAR. Moreover, the process of data acquisition is conducted by the high-qualified local staff. Regular users can request for a suitable training in order to work autonomously with the equipment.