A Confocal Profilometer is one of several facilities available to MREC researchers.

Shared experimental facilities provide essential instrumentation for materials preparation and characterization, coupled with professional guidance and technical support, to Center participants and outside researchers from academe and industry. Shared experimental facilities play a special role in fostering interdisciplinary exchanges. The MRSEC has high-speed cameras, confocal microscopes, confocal profilometers, atomic force microscopy, materials preparation and rheological testing facilities available for use. In addition, the Harvard University-supported Center for Nanoscale Systems (CNS) has major facilities in electron microscopy and fabrication that is available to all MRSEC participants.