Center for Nanoscale Materials
Nanophotonics and Biofunctional Structures Capabilities
Imaging, Characterization/Analysis and Synthesis
Imaging
- Field emission scanning electron microscope: JEOL JSM7500F
- Laser scanning confocal fluorescence microscope: Zeiss LSM 510 Meta
- Raman spectroscopy: Renishaw inVia
Characterization/Analysis
- Circular dichroism spectrometer: Jasco J-815
- Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy: Bruker
- Fluorescence spectroscopy: Horiba Jobin-Yvon Nanolog Spectrofluorimeter
- Electrochemical workstation (BASi Epsilon) potentiostat/galvanostat with rotating electrode capability
- Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry: Agilent 5975C Series GC/MSD
- FTIR: Thermo-Nicolet Fourier transform spectrometer
- Malvern ZetaSizer Nano (particle size potential)
- Picosecond time-resolved emission spectroscopy
- Raman spectroscopy: Renishaw inVia
- UV/VIS: Cary-50spectrophotometer
- Ultrafast time-resolved absorption spectroscopy:
- UV-NIR probe with UV-NIR excitation
- THz probe with 800nm or 400nm excitation
- Visible and near-infrared microscopy:
- Single particle and ensemble optical measurements
- Visible and near-infrared laser excitation
- Absorption, transmission, reflectance, and emission spectroscopy 400-1600nm
- Microscope-compatible cryostat 4K-475K
- Time-correlated single photon counting detection (TCSPC):
- Photoluminescence lifetime measurements
- Photon antibunching/correlation measurements
- Avalanche photodiode detection (APD) 350-900nm
- Quantum entanglement with single photons microscope (QESP; superconducting nanowire single photon detector, SNSPD). 900nm – 2um. This is a single photon microscope for studying quantum optics.
- Temporal resolution 50-200ps depending on laser source/detector combination
Synthesis
- Biological safety cabinets [Labconco Purifier Delta Series (Class II, B2)]
- Centrifuges (Beckman Coulter Optima L-100XP Ultracentrifuge and Avanti J-E Centrifuge)
- Glovebox (MBraun LabMaster 130)
- Harrick plasma cleaner
- Lyophilizer
- Schlenk lines
- Solvent purification (MBraun Auto SPS)
- UVOsurface cleaner
Theory
- Would you like Theory with that? Joint experimental-theory proposals are possible and encouraged; visit the Theory & Modeling group’s webpage for more information about their capabilities.
Please contact a Nanophotonics and Biofunctional Structures group staff member (non-postdoc) with any questions.