The Laboratory for Materials and Surface Science (LMaSS) is a University
center for education and research into the structure and properties of a
wide variety of materials. We emphasize surfaces and thin films and processes
which occur at those interfaces. An increasing proportion of work concerns
biomaterials.
LMaSS consists of an interdisciplinary faculty
drawn from four academic departments. We promote the cross-fertilization
of ideas and a collaborative approach to solving research problems.
LMaSS includes an assembly of state-of-the-art materials characterization
instruments and techniques (capital cost ~
$2 million). Each instrument is associated with one or more faculty or staff
members who provide expert advice to other users.
LMaSS emphasizes the education of graduate and undergraduate students
in the use of all its facilities.
LMaSS provides cooperative service to students, faculty and staff from
any of UAH's research center and academic departments, and to researchers
in Government and industrial enterprises.
We are also involved in a range of other developments, including courseware on surface spectroscopies
and software for analysis of
spectroscopic data. | 
