SAMPLE PREPARATION AND PROCESSING

Buehler IsoMet® 1000 Precision Saw (Location: LSA 244; Contact: Dr. Zhiping Luo) 

 

Buehler MetaServ® 250 Twin Grinder-Polisher with Vector LC 250 Power Head (Location: LSA 244; Contact: Dr. Zhiping Luo) 

 

Buehler Cast N' Vac 1000 Vacuum Impregnation System (Location: LSA 244; Contact: Dr. Zhiping Luo) 

 

MTI Electrospinner (Location: LSA 244; Contact: Dr. Zhiping Luo)

 

MTI Vacuum Furnace (Location: LSA 244; Contact: Dr. Zhiping Luo) 

 

EMS 150T Turbo Pumped Sputter Coater/Carbon Coater (Location: LSA 244; Contact: Dr. Zhiping Luo) 

 

Anodization Device (Location: LSA 244; Contact: Dr. Zhiping Luo) 

 

Homemade Mechanical Injection Device (Location: LSA 244; Contact: Dr. Zhiping Luo) 

 

Hydraulic Hot Press (Location: LSA 246; Contact: Dr. Zhiping Luo)

 

Hydrothermal Autoclaves (Location: LSA 246; Contact: Dr. Zhiping Luo)

 

 

MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION

 

Agilent 5500 Atomic Force Microscope/Scanning Probe Microscope (AFM/SPM) (Location: LSA 344; Contact: Dr. Shubo Han)

Instrument features

• Highly modular microscope and scanner
• Optional Integrated environmental & temperature control
• Easy fluid operation with open cell
• Easy sample access with top-down scanning

For more information, visit Keysight website.

 

Rigaku MiniFlex 600 X-ray Diffractometer (Location: LSA 344; Contact: Dr. Zhiping Luo)

The 5th generation MiniFlex 600 is a general purpose X-ray diffractometer that can perform qualitative and quantitative structural analysis of polycrystalline materials.

Key Features

• 600 W X-ray Generator
• Diffracted Beam Monochromator for Cu Radiation
• 6-Position Sample Changer with Sample Spinner (ASC-6)
• MiniFlex Guidance Software for Windows 7 Professional
• PDXL Comprehensive Analysis Package
• PDXL Qualitative Analysis Package
• PDXL Quantitative Analysis Package
• PDXL Whole Pattern Fitting/Rietveld
• Crystallography Open Database

Measurements:

• Phase identification
• Phase quantification
• Percent (%) crystallinity
• Crystallite size and strain
• Lattice parameter refinement
• Rietveld refinement
• Molecular structure

For more information, visit Rigaku website.

 

Shimadzu DTG-60 Simultaneous Thermogravimetry/Differential Thermal Analyzer (Location: LS 119; Contact: Dr. Zhiping Luo)

 

Metallurgical and Stereo Light Microscopes with CCD Cameras (Location: LSA 244; Contact: Dr. Zhiping Luo)

 

 

PROPERTY MEASUREMENT

 

760 E Bipotentiostat from CH Instruments (Location: LSA 344; Contact: Dr. Shubo Han)

 

Keithley 6517B Electrometer from Tektronic Inc. (Location: LSA 244; Contact: Dr. Zhiping Luo)

 

Ocean Optics HR4000CG-UV-NIR Spectrometer (Location: LSA 244; Contact: Dr. Zhiping Luo)

 

Shimadzu Dynamic Ultra Micro Hardness Tester DUH-211S (Location: LS 119; Contact: Dr. Zhiping Luo)

 

Shimadzu RF-5301PC Spectrofluorophotometer (Location: LSA 344; Contact: Dr. Zhiping Luo)

 

Shimadzu Precision Universal Tester AG-IC (Location: LS 120; Contact: Dr. Zhiping Luo)

 

Shimadzu UV-3600 Plus UV-VIS-NIR Spectrophotometer (Location: LSA 344; Contact: Dr. Zhiping Luo)

 

Monochromator Illuminator (to be installed)