Cornell Center for Materials Research

Facilities Sections

User Instruments

Electron and Optical Microscopy
- Transmission Electron Microscopy
- Scanning Electron Microscopy
- Scanning Probe Microscopy
- Focused Ion Beam
  - FEI Strata 400 STEM FIB
- Optical Microscopy
- Sample Preparation for Electron Microscopy
Spectroscopy and Electronic Measurements
- Electronic & Magnetic Measurements
- Optical Spectroscopy
- Electron Spectroscopy
  - X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
  - EELS Microscopy
    - FEI F20 TEM STEM
    - NION UltraSTEM 100
- Mass Spectroscopy
  - Waters MALDI Micro MX (MALDI-TOF)
- Dielectric Spectroscopy
  - Novocontrol Broadband Dielectric Spectrometer
  - Novocontrol Thermal Stimulated Depolarization Current (TSDC)
Surface Analysis and Characterization
Soft Matter/Polymer Analysis
X-ray and Diffraction Analysis
Mechanical Properties Testing and Analysis
- Dynamic Testing
  - TA Instruments DMA Q800 Dynamic Mechanical Thermal Analysis (DMTA)
- Hardness Testing
  - Micro Hardness Tester
- Micro Mechanical testing
  - Micro Mechanical Analyzer
- Thermal Analysis
  - TA Instruments Q400EM Thermomechanical Analysis (TMA)
  - TA Instruments DMA Q800 Dynamic Mechanical Thermal Analysis (DMTA)
- Size Classification
  - ATM Sonic sifter
Thin Film Deposition and Material Processing
- Thin films and coatings
- Wet chemical
  - Laurell-WS-400A-Spin-Coater
- Heat Treating
  - Air Furnaces
  - Controlled Atmosphere Furnaces
  - High Vacuum Furnaces
  - Vacuum Ovens
    - Hotpack Vacuum Oven
- Shaping/Pressing
  - Molding
    - Grimco Compression Molding press
  - Cold pressing
    - Carver 25 ton press
    - Parr Pressure Reactor
- Glove Boxes
  - Inert Gas Glove Box
Sample Preparation, Cutting, Polishing, Shaping, Joining, and Machining
- Sub-micron-scale Cutting
- Macroscopic Cutting and Drilling
  - Jet machining
    - SS White Sand Blasting Unit
  - Wafer saws
    - MicroMech Wafering Machine
    - Aremco Wafer cutting Diamond Saw
  - Wire saws
    - WELL Diamond wire Saw
  - Abrasive Saws
    - Cutoff Saw 8 Inch
    - Cutoff Saw 12 Inch
  - Diamond Saws
- Polishing/Grinding
  - Allied Multiprep polisher-A
  - Allied Multiprep polisher-B
  - Abrasive Grinding/Polishing
- Mixing/Milling
- Sample Mounting
  - Buehler Simplemet II mounting press
  - Cold Mounting Epoxies
- Sample Cleaning
- Machining
  - Wire Pulling
    - Meteor Coil Winder
  - Welding/ Brazing/ Bonding
    - Spot welding
      - Unitek Portable
      - Stationary Spot Welder (Hughes HRW250B)
    - Wire Bonding
      - MEI 1204 manual bonder
      - Kulicke and Soffa 4500 manual bonder
Test Equipment Lending Library
- Lending Library
General Test and Measurement Equipment
- Leak detectors
  - Varian 979 Port Leak Detector
  - Extorr XT200 Residual Gas Analyzer
- Portable Vacuum and Pump Systems
- Optical Pyrometers
  - Optical-Pyrometers-Portable
- Balances
  - Ohaus-Balance
  - Mettler Balances
- Rough Pumps
Poster Help and Printing
- Poster Help
- Poster Printing at Mann Library

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