Prof. Hu's Research
Group
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Material
Preparation (1)
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Material
Preparation (2)
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Material
Preparation (3)
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Bruker
Tensor 27 Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR),
with
ATR attachment, MCT and DTGS detectors
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TA
Instruments Q100 Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC)
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Perkin
Elmer DMA7e Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer
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TA
Instruments Q400 Thermal Mechanical Analyzer (TMA)
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MSE
HARRIER 15/80 Refrigerated Centrifuge
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Testresources 100Q6 Universal Test Machine
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Mettler Toledo FP90 Central Processor and Hot Stage
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Beckman
UV-Vis Spectrophotometer
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VWR
Oven
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VWR
Vacuum Oven
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Mettler Toledo FP2 Central Processor
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Compact
Refrigerator
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3D
Printer
Other
Related Facilities Available in Physics & Astronomy Department
- PSIA XE 100 large sample Scanning Probe Microscope
- JEOL 5200 Scanning Probe Microscope with variable
temperature stage and Hysitron Triboscope nanoindenter.
- T-M Vacuum UHV sputtering system (5x10-9 torr base pressure) with 3-2" rf cathodes, 1000C heater, rf-bias
rotating sample stage, load-lock. Each cathode is shuttered individually
and the sample has a single large shutter covering the 6" sample
platform. The unit has three mass flow controllers for reactive processes.
- LEO 1530VP Field Emission Environmental Scanning
Electron Microscope with EDAX Electron Backscattering Diffraction, Energy
Dispersive Spectroscopy and Nabity E-beam
Lithography.
- Rigaku ZSX Primus II
Sequential Wavelength-Dispersive XRF Spectrometer.
- Two Quantum Design Physical Properties Measurement
Systems (PPMS), 9 Tesla, 2-400 K, ac susceptibility, dc magnetization,
vibrating sample magnetometer with 1000 K oven, torque magnetometry,
ac/dc resistivity with rotator, heat capacity, Hall effect, thermal
conductivity, Seebeck coefficient and He3 attachment
for heat capacity and resistivity to 350 mK.
- Coherent MBR-110 narrowband tunable high-power cw Ti:sapphire
laser pumped by Coherent Verdi V-18 frequency-doubled Nd:YVO4 laser for
near-infrared light applications.
- Spectra-Physics Matisse-DX narrowband tunable
high-power cw dye laser (shares V-18 pump light
with MBR-110) and WaveTrain external frequency doubler for visible-light applications.
- Coherent ScanMate Pro
narrowband tunable pulsed dye laser pumped by Quantel
Brilliant-B pulsed Nd:YAG
laser for high energy visible-light application.
- Coherent Mira femtosecond modelocked
laser pumped by Coherent Verdi V-5 frequency-doubled Nd:YVO4
laser for time-resolved near-infrared light applications.
- Custom built four-cathode sputtering system with
confocal orientation of cathodes capable of reaching 1000C. Sequential
substrate holder allows deposition of four samples without opening the
system.
- Ambios XP2 Profilometer
for film thickness measurements.
- Meiji Optical Microscope with digital camera
- Eco Chemie Autolab PGSTAT 302 Potentiometer/Galvanometric system
for measuring oxidation resistance of materials. (Chemistry)
- Jobin Yvon
U1000 Raman spectrometer with confocal microscope and automated scanning,
resolution 0.3 cm-1
- Contact mask photolithography setup with MJB3 Mask
aligner, spinner, furnaces, 1000W light source, and laminar flow hood.
- Magneto-optic Kerr effect setup with photo-elastic
modulator - resolution 0.0002, 1.5 Tesla
- Oxford Spectromag 8000 8-T
optical cryostat
- Pulser/receiver for time of
flight measurements (Ritec, RAM 10000 Mark VI)
used with 9 Tesla PPMS cryostat (4-350 K) for measuring elastic constants
as a function of temperature and magnetic field.
- Sample prep equipment for microscopy and nanomechanical testing (polisher/lapping machine, diamond
wire saw, diamond wheel saw)
- TM-Vacuum Vacuum/High Pressure Furnace
- Hitachi TEM (H-600AB) with LN2 cooled sample stage.
- Oxford Reactive Ion Etcher(at Tech Park)
- Agilent 8510 Network Analyzer
- Scintag X-2 x-ray diffractometer with 2000 K furnace and Rietveld refinement software.
- Panalytical/Bruker/Rigaku four-circle diffractometer.
(Currently evaluating but we expect this to be on campus by November 2010)
- Laser Doppler Vibrometer for
measuring elastic properties of materials.
- Rucker & Kolls 682A Probe
Station
- Lakeshore Vibrating Sample Magnetometer with 1.2T
Electromagnet and 1000C furnace.
- Varian Electron Spin Resonance Spectrometer
- Alcatel ASM 180T Helium Leak Detector