Affiliated Labs are other shared core facilities or individual PI’s lab who make their capabilities available to others, with the consideration of on-going research. Fees are charged to offset the costs of operation, maintenance, and upgrading.
Biology Department and Health Sciences Center (HSC)
Electron Microscopy Core
Instruments Available:
• FEI Tecnai 12 TEM
• JEOL JEM-1400 Plus TEM
• Hitachi 7100 TEM
• FEI Tecnai F20 TEM
• Hitachi S-2460N SEM
David M. Belnap
Director, EM Core Facility
david.belnap@utah.edu
801-585-1242
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Dixon Laser Institute
For high-resolution SEM imaging and laser-based measurements, the Dixon Laser Institute also offers training and operation services for their equipment.
Instruments Available:
• FEI Nova Nano 630 (hi-res imaging, cathodoluminescence, e-beam lithography)
• Scanning Near-field Optical Microscopy
• Confocal Optical Microscopy
• Micro-Raman Spectroscopy
• Atomic Force Microscopy
Dr. Matt DeLong
Department of Physics and Astronomy
delong@physics.utah.edu
801-581-7462
Dr. Zhiheng Liu
Department of Physics and Astronomy
hliu@physics.utah.edu
801-581-7001
Metallurgical Engineering Department
Nanomaterials Characterization Facility
Instruments Available:
• Hitachi S-4800 High Resolution Field Emission SEM
• Micromeritics ASAP 2020 Surface Area and Porosity Analyzer
• GC/MS, HPLC, UV-Vis-NIR, Friction stir welding
Dr. Krista Carlson
krista.carlson@utah.edu
Materials Science and Engineering Department
Materials Characterization Lab
Instruments Available:
• Hitachi S-3000N SEM
• Philips X’Pert X-Ray Diffractometer (XRD)
• Tabletop Instron (5969)
Taylor Sparks
Lab Director
801-581-5303
semlab@eng.utah.edu
College of Mines and Earth Sciences
Department of Geology and Geophysics Core Labs
Electron Microprobe Laboratory
Instrument Available:
Cameca model SX-50 electron microprobe equipped with four wavelength-dispersive X-ray spectrometers (WDS)
Dr Barbara P. Nash
Professor and Laboratory Director
barb.nash@utah.edu
801-581-8587
ICP MS Metals Laboratory
Dr. Diego P. Fernandez
diego.fernandez@utah.edu
801-581-8657
Strontium Isotope Geochemistry Lab
Dr. Diego P. Fernandez
diego.fernandez@utah.edu
801-581-8657
Center for X-Ray Powder Diffraction
Wil Mace, Sr.
Laboratory Specialist
wil.mace@utah.edu
801-585-5214
Dissolved & Noble Gas Lab
Dr. D. Kip Solomon
Professor and PI
kip.solomon@utah.edu
801-581-7231
Allan Rigby
Lab Manager
alan.rigby@utah.edu
801-585-5214
Particle Light Scattering Size and Surface Charge Laboratory
Dr. William P. Johnson
Professor
william.johnson@utah.edu
801-581-5033
QEMSCAN Laboratory
Wil Mace, Sr.
Laboratory Specialist
wil.mace@utah.edu
801-585-5214
Sample Preparation and Thin Section Lab
Quintin Sahratian
Curator
quintin.sahratian@utah.edu
801-581-7209
Mechanical Engineering
Utah Composites Mechanics Laboratory
Lab Capability:
• Mechanical Testing
• Impact Testing Unity 300
• X-ray CT, Ultrasonic Inspection, Accoustic Emission
• Moire Interferometry
• Polytec Vibrometer
Micro X-ray CT Lab
Instruments Available:
• Varian Medical Systems, BIR/150/130
• GE Healthcare Systems, GE eXplore Locus SP
Dr. Michale Czabaj
m.czabaj@utah.edu
801-581-5406
Department of Chemistry
D.M. Grant NMR Center
Instruments Available:
• Unity 300
• Inova 400
• VXR 500
Dr. Peter F. Flynn
Director
peter.flynn@utah.edu
801-581-3828
Mass Spec Facility
Instruments Available:
• Waters LCT Premier XE TOF w/ Acquity Classic UPLC ToF High Resolution Exact Mass
• Waters TQD Acquity UPLC w/ Acquity H Class UPLC
• Agilent Tripple Quad GC
• Waters Xevo G2S Q-ToF w/Acquity I Class UPLC Tandem Mass Spec
• Maldi micro MX Maldi ToF
• Agilent Single quad GC
Jim Muller
Director
jmuller@chem.utah.edu
801-585-7868
Optical Spectroscopy Lab
Instruments Available:
• Jasco J-815 CD Spectrometer
• Hitachi U4100 UV-Vis-Near IR Spectrometer
• Hitachi U3310 UV-Vis Spectrometer
• Perkin-Elmer PE-343 Polarimeter
• Wallac Trilux 140 Scintillation and Luminescence Counter
• Hitachi F-7000 Fluorescence Spectrophotometer
Dr. Jim Muller
Director
jmuller@chem.utah.edu
801-585-7868
Single Crystal XRD
Instruments Available:
• Computer-controlled Nonius KappaCCD System
• Oxford Cryostream Variable Temperature Apparatus
Dr. Atta M. Arif
arif@chemistry.utah.edu
801-581-5320
MRSEC Affiliated Labs
Organic Spintronics Deposition System
Instruments Available:
A glove box and high-vacuum deposition system for the purpose of fabricating unique organic spintronics devices. The system purchased from Angstrom Engineering will have two independent vacuum chambers. It separates the process of organic semiconductor evaporation and metal electrode deposition into two specific chambers and thus reduce the cross contamination. The organic deposition chamber has four evaporation sources, where any three of them can run simultaneously to allow co-deposition. The vacuum pressure in both chambers can reach 10-8 Torr and this may lead to a much cleaner deposition. The most unique and important design of this glove box is that we would be able to transfer organic samples between two deposition chambers without breaking the vacuum. This in-situ transfer assures clean interface between two organic material layers and metal electrodes thus enhancing the device transport properties.
Prof. Valy Vardeny
val@physics.utah.edu
Location: JFB B-28/B-2
Sagnac Interferometer Lab
Instruments Available:
• Sagnac Interferometer MOKE with 10 nanoradian resolution
• Computer-controlled Nonius KappaCCD System
Prof. Brian Saam
saam@physics.utah.edu
Location: JFB B-11
Magnetic Resonance Lab
Capable of basic X-band cw-EPR as well as double-resonance experiments; ENDOR, ELDOR. The special features of this facility include the ability to do optically and electrically detected EPR (ODMR/EDMR), with much higher sensitivity than can be attained with inductively-detected methods.
Prof. Christoph Boehme
boehme@physics.utah.edu
Location: JFB B-24 and B-25
XRD Lab
Instrument Available:
• Bruker D8 thin film + powder XRD
Prof. Sivaraman Guruswamy
s.guruswamy@utah.edu
Nahata Lab
Instruments Available:
• THz Time-Domain Spectrometer based on a Coherent 4 watt average power ultrafast amplified laser system
• UV Time-Resolved Spectroscopy System based on a Coherent Chameleon ultrafast laser
Prof. Ajay Nahata
ajay.nahata@utah.edu
Location: MEB 1555
Out of Campus resources
BYU Electron Microscopy Facility
Brigham Young University
Jeff Farrer
Director
jeff_farrer@byu.edu
801-422-9953
Camcor Facility
University of Oregon
Kurt A. Langworthy
Director – CAMCOR Nanofabrication & Imaging Facility
klangwor@uoregon.edu
541-346-3660