06_facilities.md

# 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](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/](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.

2. 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)