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Explores correlations between morphology, structures and compositions of various nanomaterials and their electrical, optical, magnetic and biology properties.
Provides high resolution secondary electron and backscattered electron images of surface topography, spatial elemental distribution and internal structures for materials.

Located in Kemper Hall 101A. Contact Dr. David Cornelison to make a reservation.

Located in Kemper Hall 101A. Contact Dr. David Cornelison to make a reservation.

Used to prepare high quality thin films of high Tc oxides, ferroelectrics, high dielectrics, semiconductors, polymers, metals and alloys for applications in electric, magnetic and optical devices.
Unique performance and versitility in materials science.

Located in Kemper Hall 103G. Contact Dr. Kartik Ghosh to make a reservation.

A spectroscopic technique based on inelastic scattering of monochromatic light, usually from a laser source.
Used to study solid, liquid and gaseous samples.
Provides direct information on the vibrational characteristics of the sample.

Located in Kemper Hall 101E. Contact Dr. Robert Mayanovic to make a reservation.

A physical vapor deposition (PVD) method of thin film deposition by sputtering. Material is ejected from a target (source) onto a substrate.
Grows high quality thin films of various metals, insulators and semiconductors.
Prepares high quality electrodes for various types of electronic devices.

Located in Kemper Hall 103G. Contact Dr. Kartik Ghosh to make a reservation.

Used to measure extremely subtle magnetic fieldbased on superconducting loops containing Josephson junctions.
Provides sollutions for a unique class of sensitive magnetic measurements in areas like high-temperature superconductivitiy, biochemistry and magnetic recording media.
Studies AC/DC magentization magnetoresistance, and Hall effect of magnetic and electronic materials.

Located in Kemper Hall 103G. Contact Dr. Kartik Ghosh to make a reservation.

Absorbs spectroscopy or reflectance spectroscopy in the ultraviolet visible spectral region.
Light is passed through a sample substance to determine its transmittance and reflectance.

Located in Kemper Hall 101A. Contact Dr. David Cornelison to make a reservation.

Technique based on elastic scattering of x-rays from the atomic arrangement within a sample.
Provides information on the structural atomic arrangement of a solid, powder or thin film sample.

Located in Kemper Hall 101E. Contact Dr. Robert Mayanovic to make a reservation.

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