Shared Facilities on Campus
Our research group is trained in a wide range of cutting-edge techniques available at:
- Texas Materials Institute (TMI)
- Microelectronics Research Center (MRC)
- Center for Electrochemistry (CEC)
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Labs (IoNMR)
Laboratory Facilities
Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)
- MFP-3D Origin+ AFM system. Specialized accessories:
- Heated liquid cell for in situ AFM studies up to 150ºC
- Extra high temperature cell for in situ AFM studies up to 400ºC
Tribological Testing
- Macro-tribometer – UMT-2 Tribolab (Bruker). Accessories:
- High speed/high torque rotary drive
- Fast reciprocating linear drive
- High temperature chamber (max. temperature: 400ºC)
Material Characterization
- ATS NOVA Advanced Research Rheometer:
- Temperature range: -20ºC up to 350ºC
- Controlled shear rate, oscillatory strain, and true creep and yield stress measurements
- Environmentally-controlled chamber
- Tensiometer Theta Flex Plus (Biolin Scientific). Accessories:
- Automatic liquid dispenser
- Tilting stage
- Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM) – OpenQCM Next
- Multiple simultaneous overtones (9)
- Dissipation monitoring
- Temperature control (up to 45ºC with 0.1ºC accuracy)
- Densiometer
- Titrator – Metrohm KF 917 coulometer
- Potentiostat/Galvanostat – Gamry 600+
Sample Preparation
- Diamond saw
- Polisher
- UV ozone cleaner – BioForce ProCleaner Plus
Material Synthesis
- Spin-coater
- Rotary evaporator – Buchi R-100
- Homogenizer
- Centrifuge
- pH meter
- Schlenk line
- Vacuum tube furnace
- Thermolyne Benchtop Furnace (max temperature: 1100ºC)
- Analytical balance – ME204TE (2x)
- Glove boxes (2x)
- Millipore high purity DI water dispenser’
Outreach
- 3D printer
Other Facilities off Campus:
- National Synchrotron Light Source II (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
- Advanced Light Source (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
- Advanced Photon Source (Argonne National Laboratory)
- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)