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Central Research Facilities
Biomaterials laboratory
Contact: Prof. Hai-Quan Mao
Funding Source: Various
Location: Maryland Hall
- Confocal fluorescence microscope (Nikon, Eclipse C1 Plus)
- Zetasizer NanoZS (Malvern Instruments) (characterization of size and surface charge of nanoparticles)
- Contact angle goniometer (ramé-hart) (characterization of surface wettability and surface energy)
- HPLC-GPC system (Agilent Technologies) (Characterization of molecular weight and distribution of polymers)
- Luminometer (Turner Biosystems) (Measurement of chemiluminescence, characterization of transgene expression)
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Mechanical testing
Contact: Prof. Todd Hufnagel
Funding Source: Various
Location: Various
•MTS Nanoindenter XP (2007 upgrade)
•Instron uniaxial test system
•MTS uniaxial test system
•Applied Test Systems (ATS) creep rig
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Optical microscopy
Contact: Mark Koontz
Funding Source: WSE
Location: Maryland Hall, Room 6
•Olympus PMG-3 inverted research microscope with digital camera
•Olympus SZX12 stereo zoom microscope with digital camera
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Photolithography
Contact: Prof. Jonah Erlebacher
Funding Source: WSE
Location: Maryland Hall, Room 45B
• Laminar flow hood
• Uniform UV light source (three inch)
• Mask aligner
• Hot plate and oven
• Automatic spin coater
• Oxygen plasma etching/cleaning
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Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
Contact: Mark Koontz
Funding Source: NSF-MRSEC
Location: Maryland Hall, Room 15
• JEOL JSM-6700F cold cathode field emission SEM
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Surface Analytical Laboratory (SAL)
Contact: Prof. Howard Fairbrother (Chemistry)
Funding Source: NSF-MRSEC
Location: Maryland Hall, Room 7
•PHI 5100 x-ray photoelectron spectrometer (XPS)
•PHI 610 scanning Auger electron spectrometer
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X-ray diffraction
Contact: Prof. Todd Hufnagel
Funding Source: WSE
Location: Maryland Hall, Room 45
• Philips X'Pert Pro MPD powder diffractometer
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