The Stanford Nanocharacterization Laboratory (SNL), housed within the Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials, provides modern facilities and instruments for the characterization of materials. Researchers use high-resolution transmission electron microscopy to study microelectronic and magnetic thin film microstructures.

• Advanced Characterization
• Aqueous and Surface Geochemistry
• Electronic Materials
• Magnetic Materials
• Materials for Energy and Environmental Applications
• Mechanical Behavior of Materials
• Mesoscopic Physics and Devices
• Nanofabrication and Nanotechnology
• Optical and Photonic Materials
• Organic and Polymeric Materials
• Petrology, Mineralogy, and High-T Geochemistry
• Quantum Electronics
• Superconductivity
• Thin Film Deposition