This laboratory is a shared Instrumentation facility and is supported by a core user group (primarily faculty from the Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering). The facility is available to all University and non-University researchers.
Laboratory Policies & Access Procedures (.pdf)
Available Instruments
- BET surface area & pore volume measurement instrument (.pdf)
Quantachrome Autosorb-1
- HPLC-High Performance Liquid Chromatography
Agilent 1100 with diode array detector, and UV detector
- Humidity Controlled Microbalance Facility (Precision weighing of samples, conditioned to a specific humidity level)
- ICP-MS Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer-Routine elemental analysis (.pdf)
Agilent 7500 ce
- GC-MS (.pdf)
Agilent 7890 GC for 5975C Series MSD
- SEM-Scanning Electron Microscope
Hitachi model s-4500 Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope, a NORAN Instruments Energy Dispersive X-ray (EDX) microanalysis system, a back scatter detector and mechanical straining stage.
- BIO-TEK SYNERGY HT
96 WELL PLATE READER
- FTIR Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer (.pdf)
Nicolet Nexus 470 instrument with mid-IR source and DTGS detector. Attenuated total reflectance (ATR) and diffuse reflectance (DRIFTS) accessories for the analysis of solids, liquids, and aqueous suspensions.
- Atomic Force Microscopes, Digital Instruments MFM / Scanning Probe Microscopy
Dimension 3100 SPM (VEECO)
Note the SEM charges are as established by a Core User Group responsible for the Instrument.