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Facilities, Equipment, and other resources

  1. Facilities: University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269

a. Institute of Materials Science

The Institute of Materials Science (IMS) at the University of Connecticut is a 90,000 ft^2^ interdisciplinary shared user facility housing a wide range of advanced instrumentation for materials research including synthesis, processing, and characterization. IMS has dedicated Ph.D.-level support/training staff who are experts in their fields and who also serve in IMS outreach activities and provide support services to industry. Extensive support facilities at IMS include an electronics shop, an instrument shop, and a machine shop. Particularly relevant to the present program, IMS has extensive characterization facilities for mechanical testing, electron microscopy, nano-measurements, optical spectroscopy, polymer processing, surface analysis, thermal analysis, x-ray diffraction, and ferroelectric and magnetic field characterization. These instruments will be used by REU students supervised by participating faculty and graduate students to perform complex experimental characterizations of nanostructured materials. http://www.ims.uconn.edu

b. The Innovation Partnership Building at the UConn Tech Park

UConn’s premier center for cutting edge research and industry collaboration and innovation. The IPB provides an ecosystem that inspires great ideas, pushing the envelope for next generation solutions. Cross-disciplinary research teams develop novel approaches to critical real world problems in fields ranging from manufacturing to biomedical devices to cybersecurity. The IPB strengthens Connecticut’s economic future by connecting leading industries with outstanding research facilities and fosters new, innovative partnerships with entrepreneurs and with companies of all sizes. A hot spot of technological assets and intellectual energy where exceptional innovation, collaboration and partnerships deliver the future.https://techpark.uconn.edu/

c. UConn Thermo Fisher Scientific Center for Advanced Microscopy and Materials Analysis (CAMMA)

The UConn-Thermo Fisher Scientific Center of Excellence is one of the world’s foremost facilities for electron microscopy. Its microscopy instruments include the Themis Titan for sub-angstrom analysis of materials and the Talos TEM for simultaneous quantitative energy dispersive spectroscopy and analysis to uncover chemical composition of materials. This equipment is available for collaborative research with industry partners including applications for clean energy materials and the testing of additively manufactured components such as those found in medical devices and polymeric materials for biomedical applications. [

d. Center for Open Research Resources and Equipments (COR^2^E)

The Center for Open Research Resources and Equipment (COR^2^E) serves as the gateway to research resources available to the UConn community. In addition to providing a variety of software tools for exploring UConn research and expertise, COR²E is also the managing entity for a wide variety of core facilities, housing both state-of-the-art equipment and expertise.

e. Department of Chemistry

The Department of Chemistry is home to resources such as a mass spectrometry laboratory and a nuclear magnetic resonance facility. Research is supported in a wide variety of fields, including analytical, biological, environmental, inorganic, organic, physics, and polymer chemistry.

f. School of Engineering

The School of Engineering research centers and state-of-the-art laboratory facilities foster research excellence by providing investigators access to outstanding equipment and technical support staff. Research capabilities can be broadly classified into the following four interdisciplinary areas: Advanced Manufacturing & Materials; Sustainability, Energy, & the Environment; Security & Infrastructure; and Biomedical Engineering & Genomics.

g. Electronics Shop and Machine Shop

Engineering Technical Services is a service agency within the School of Engineering. Overseeing all technical aspects within the school, from technology to facility management of eight buildings along with overseeing the SoE Machine and Electronics shops, we strive to meet service requests with courtesy, professionalism, and timeliness. ETS is staffed with knowledgeable and helpful employees in four areas, with support of highly qualified student workers. We are committed to the continuous enhancement of ETS services and look forward to discussing any and all of your service needs.

g. The Taylor L. Booth Engineering Center for Advanced Technology (BECAT)

The Taylor L. Booth Engineering Center for Advanced Technology (BECAT) is a research center located at the University of Connecticut at Storrs. BECAT provides opportunities for interdisciplinary research and educational programs among faculty and students, strengthens the capabilities of individuals and groups in the pursuit of government and industrial projects, and maintains an environment for research, development and continuing education that is responsive to the changing needs of society. UConn maintains centralized computational facilities in Storrs and Farmington, each optimized for different research areas.

g. UConn Library

The Library is an active partner in shaping the future of research at UConn, providing a suite of services, resources, and tools to enhance the impact of our research and scholarship.

  1. Major Equipment

  • FEI Talos F200X 200kV transmission electron microscope/scanning transmission electron microscope (TEM/STEM) with 4-quadrant EDS detectors and ultra-high angular resolution 16M Ceta camera

  • FEI NanoEx-i/v heating and biasing TEM sample holder

  • FEI Spirit Twin 120kV TEM/STEM

  • JEOL 2010 200kV FasTEM

  • FEI Helios Plasma Focused Ion Beam (PFIB)/Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) with a xenon plasma ion column

  • FEI Helios Nanolab 460F1 Focused Ion Beam (FIB)/SEM with a gallium ion column

  • FEI TeneoLoVac SEM

  • FEI Aspex Explorer SEM

  • FEI Nova NanoSEM 450

  • Asylum Research MFP-3d atomic force microscope (AFM)

  • Asylum Research Cypher AFM

  • Asylum Research MFP-3d inverted microscope/AFM for combined biological metrology

  • Optical microscopy center: transmitted light (polarized and phase contrast) and reflected light (brightfield/darkfield, differential interference contrast, interference)

  • Agilent 7890A and Agilent 6890A gas chromatography and mass spectrometry equipment

  • Nicolet Magna 560 Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectrometer

  • Renishaw Ramascope Micro-Raman with multiple lasers: 488 nm, 514 nm, 633 nm & 785 nm, motorized sample stage with autofocus for mapping

  • Horiba Fluorolog III steady-state fluorescence spectrometer: excitation at 200-700 nm, emission from 300-1800 nm

  • Waters GPC-1, GPC-2, and Agilent 1260 Infinity gel permeation chromatography equipment

  • Kayeness D4001 thermoplastic polymer melt index tester

  • Hioki 3532-50/Agilent 4285A/HP4191 Broadband dielectric spectroscope for measuring polarization/relaxation processes, electrical conductivity and electrochemical impedance over a wide range of frequency and temperature (10-4 – 1 GHz, -70 – 300 oC)

  • Trek ferroelectric tester

  • High electrical field conduction measurement equipment: pulsed electroacoustic space-charge and guarded needle profiling

  • Instron 1350 and MTS 810 servohydraulic uniaxial tensile testers

  • Instron 5869 electromechanical testing system

  • Agilent Nanoindenter XP

  • Thermo Scientific HAAKE MiniLab II and MiniJet micro-compounder, Thermo Scientific Prism TSE 16 TC twin-screw extruder, and C. W. Brabender equipment for controlled reactive extrusion and mixing of high-viscosity polymer and composite melts

  • PHI 595 Multiprobe System includes a 595 Scanning Auger electron spectroscopy (AES), combined with an x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and secondary ion mass spectroscopy (SIMS).

  • Zygo 3-D optical scanning interferometer profilometer

  • Quantachrome NOVA 2000e nitrogen absorption/desorption BET pore size analyzer

  • Differential Scanning Calorimetry and Themogravimetric Analysis: TA Instruments DSC Q Series, TA Instruments DSC 2920, TA Instruments TGA Q-500, TA Instruments SDT Q-600

  • Nicomp 370 dynamic light scattering particle sizing system (0.5 nm to 6 Pm)

  • X-Ray Diffractometers: Bruker D5005, Bruker D8 Advance, Bruker D2 Phaser, Bruker GADDS

  • Oxford Diffraction Xcalibur PX Ultra wide angle x-ray scattering

  • Bruker small angle x-ray scattering (SAXS)

  • Karl Suss Microtech MA6BA6 microlithography station

  • Sputtering system for dielectric and piezoelectric material deposition

  • Wet laminar hoods (2) and a dry laminar hood

  • Dektak 150 surface profilometer

  • Westbond 7430E wire bonder

  • Karl Suss PM8 probe station with semiconductor parametric analyzer

  • PVA Tepla microwave plasma asher

  • Cambridge NanoTech atomic layer deposition (ALD) system

  • Tescan Vega 3LM electron beam lithography (EBL) tool

  • OAI 200 photolithography mask aligner

  • Thermal evaporator systems (2)

  • Advanced Vacuum/Plasma Therm Vision 320 MKII reactive ion etcher (RIE)