Ruoff Group Facilities
Park Scientific AutoProbe CP/MT Research (MultiTask) scanning probe microscope
• Supports all AFM/STM imaging modes
• Two scanners:
- Linearized 100 μm scanner
- 5 μm scanner
• On-axis optical system with the video monitor
Park Systems Model XE-100 AFM
• Independent XY and Z scanners
• Supports all modes of operation
• Optimized for non-contact operation
Witec Alpha 300 micro-Raman confocal microscope
• With red and green laser excitation
• AFM and NSOM options
Wyko NT9100 Optical Profilometer
Zeiss Axiovert 100A Light Microscope
• Bright and Dark Field illumination
• Differential interference contrast (DIC)
• Transmitted and reflected illumination
• Video enhanced microscopy with Hammamatsu 10 bit CCD camera
Zeiss Axioscop Light Microscope
Cold walled reactors, home made
• Resistive heating substrates, low vacuum
• RF inductive heating of substrates, high vacuum.
Potentiostat model PESTAT302N by Autolab
TGA, model 4000 by Perkin Elmer
Furnaces
• 1000° C 12 inch programmable tube furnace
• 1200° C 24 inch programmable 3-zone tube furnace
FEI Quanta-600 FEG Environmental SEM
Plasma cleaner. Plasma Preen II, by Kurt J. Lesker, with argon and oxygen
Home-built manipulation stages and nanostressing stages
• A manipulation stage which operates inside of an SEM
- The value of this home-built tool is ~$55,000
- Its use was described in an article in Science
- It is currently being used for studies of mechanical relaxation, and electromechanical response, of a variety of nanotubes and nanowhiskers.
Tektronix 200 MHz 4-Channel Digital Storage Oscilloscope
Struers Accutom Precision Saw
Struers Optical Polishing System
• RotoPol-22
• RotoForce-4
• RotoCom/Multidoser
Neslab RTE-111 Recirculating Heater/Chiller
Ace Glass Sonochemical Apparatus
Barnstead E-Pure Water Purification System
Polaron E3100 critical point dryer
Deben Microtest MTEST300 module
Additional Central User Facilities available at UT Austin are listed on the Texas Materials Institute website.