Facilities 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)
