The LeRoy Eyring Center for Solid State Science (LE-CSSS) was established by the Arizona Board of Regents in 1974. Currently, approximately seventy faculty members in related departments and colleges are affiliated with LE-CSSS. Major objectives of the Center are:

• to encourage and support interdisciplinary research activities in solid state science, including solid state physics and chemistry, earth and planetary sciences, and materials research;

• to develop, operate and administer user-oriented facilities for multidisciplinary research in solid state science;

• to provide "hands-on" experience and exposure to interdisciplinary laboratories and procedures; and

• to develop and support interdisciplinary educational and outreach activities in these areas.

LE-CSSS provides a wide range of laboratory facilities for materials synthesis, processing and analysis. The LE-CSSS laboratories are used for graduate research, interdisciplinary education, and undergraduate instruction in materials science. They are also used to provide a stimulating introductory view of contemporary materials research for Arizona elementary and secondary school students and other ASU visitors. These laboratories provide a valuable resource for use by local high technology industry through industrial outreach or affiliates programs. To see a list of the available facilities, click here.

The laboratories provide three primary functional capabilities:

• synthesis, processing and characterization,

• high resolution microstructural and chemical analysis, and

• computing analysis, modeling and visualization.

A five year overview of our accomplishments and financial reports is presented in the Sunset Review that can be obtained by clicking here.

The laboratories are coordinated into the John M. Cowley Center for High Resolution Electron Microscopy (CHREM) and the Goldwater Materials Science Laboratories (GMSL). Laboratory organization, procedures for use and contacts for access and information are described under Facility Access.

The Center also provides an administrative home for the interdisciplinary Science and Engineering of Materials (SEM) Ph.D. program.