Primary staff: Mark Pfeifer
Location: Bard Hall B47

The KSV NIMA Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) trough with dipping capability can be used to create a monolayer film floating on an appropriate liquid sub-phase, and transfer that film to a substrate. The LB trough has a sensitive force balance and moveable barriers that can maintain the surface pressure of a monolayer as the substrate is withdrawn from the trough with the monolayer at its surface. The maximum substrate size is 56 mm high, 52 mm wide, and 3 mm thick. The sub-phase volume in the trough is 176 mL. The force balance can sense a surface tension of up to 150 mN/m with a resolution of 4 μN/m. Substrates can be dipped in either a vertical or horizontal geometry. The LB trough can also be used without the dipper for a variety of experiments where monitoring and control of surface pressure of monolayer films is needed, such as enzyme kinetics or monolayer hydrolysis.

Primary staff: Mark Pfeifer
Location: Bard Hall B47

The KSV NIMA multi-vessel dip coater uses a programmable, rotating dipper allowing up to eight vessels of solution for cleaning, multiple solution deposition cycles and rinse sequences. The dip coater can accommodate samples up to 50 g in mass, 70 mm high, 45 mm wide, and 3 mm thick. The standard vessel contains 100 mL, but different size vessels can be accommodated.

Primary staff: Steve Kriske; secondary: Jon Shu
Location: Clark Hall D21

Cryo-pumped sputter system with base pressures in the 10^-6 Torr range. Three magnetron sources allow sequential or simultaneous deposition from pre-fabricated 2" targets of metals or insulators via DC or RF power. Argon is used for basic depositions, and oxygen and nitrogen are available for reactive sputtering of oxide and nitride films. Stages are available for substrate rotation or substrate heating to ~500°C. Deposition thickness and rate are monitored with a quartz crystal microbalance. 

Primary staff: Steve Kriske; secondary: Jon Shu
Location: Clark Hall D21

Cryo-pumped thermal evaporator with base pressures in the 10^-6 Torr range. Source materials are melted by resistive heating in metal evaporation boats or ceramic crucibles. Three electrodes allow sequential deposition of up to three materials in one vacuum cycle. Evaporation rates are manually controlled by varying the output power of a DC power supply, allowing for currents up to 200 amps. Deposition thickness and rate are monitored with a quartz crystal microbalance. A variety of sample sizes can be accommodated at varying source-to-substrate distances. 

Primary staff: Steve Kriske; secondary: Jon Shu
Location: Clark Hall D21

Laurell WS-400A-6NPP-LITE single wafer spin coater for spinning a variety of substrate sizes from 0.5″ to 6″ diameter up to 6000 rpm for deposition of polymer (from solution) or nanoparticle (from suspension) films. EH&S Fume Hood Safety training is required for use.

Primary staff: Kevin Silverstein; secondary: Mark Pfeifer
Location: Bard Hall B55

The MTI Vacuum Oven has a maximum temperature of 200°C and lowest vacuum pressure of 1 mTorr. 

Primary staff: Steve Kriske; secondary: Alicia Tripp
Location: Clark Hall D21

The Hotpack Vacuum Oven has a maximum temperature of 280°C and lowest vacuum pressure of ~1 Torr. 

Primary staff: Kevin Silverstein, Mark Pfeifer
Location: Bard Hall B55

Bard Hall has several tube furnaces and gases available:
LabTemp Tube Furnace 1700°C
Lindberg Tube Furnace 1000°C
Across Tube Furnace 1200°C
Carbolite 1600°C Vacuum Tube Furnace: 1E-5 mbar maximum vacuum

Primary staff: Steve Kriske; secondary: Jon Shu
Location: Clark Hall D21

Clark Hall hosts several air furnaces and a high-vacuum tube furnace. 
Lindberg High Vacuum Furnace: 1100°C maximum temperature, ~10^-7 torr base pressure, large 120mm diameter tube
Vulcan 3-550 Box Furnace 1100°C:  550 cubic inches volume
Vulcan 3-1750A Box Furnace 1100°C:  1750 cubic inches volume, air circulation

Primary staff: Steve Kriske; secondary: Alicia Tripp
Location: Clark Hall D21E

Argon inert gas glove box with standard and large antechambers, oxygen sensor, and electrical feed-throughs.  Suitable for processes involving solvents.

Primary staff: Alicia Tripp; secondary: Steve Kriske
Location: Clark Hall E1

Argon inert glove box with one large antechamber, oxygen sensor, and water sensor. The box houses a HQ Graphene manual 2D material transfer station complete with vacuum sample holder, temperature control, and microscope. The x, y, tilt, and rotation stages are manually controlled, but the z-stage is motorized.

Primary staff: Steve Kriske; secondary: Alicia Tripp
Location: Clark Hall D22

• Westbond 747630E manual bonder: Wedge bonding with 25 µm aluminum wire, 45° access tool, low force settings available
• TPT HB-05 manual bonder: Wedge bonding with 33 µm aluminum wire (can also be configured with gold wire and ball bonding), 90° access tool, sample heating available

Both bonders can store a large number of buffers/programs with bond parameters in internal memory.

Primary staff: Steve Kriske; secondary: Jon Shu
Location: Clark Hall D22

The Branson spot welder can be used to spark-weld thin metal sheets and wires such as thermocouples. 

Tools for cutting and polishing can be used for sample preparation, including preparation for electron microscopy. Click here for the full list located under Sample Preparation Tools.

Primary staff: Steve Kriske; secondary: Alicia Tripp, Jon Shu
Location: Clark Hall D21

Physical sample cleaning or surface roughening can be performed with abrasive units (blasting with sand or other media), the SS White sand blasting unit, or ultrasonic baths. The SS White sand blasting unit can also use a pen-style blaster to etch/drill holes through hard materials like glass or ceramics.