Ultra-High Vacuum system with deposition and in situ characterization abilities
Tube Furnace
Park Atomic Force Microscope (on a vibration isolation slab)
Various speed modes and cantilevers
Thermal and Conductive AFM Heads
Low Temperature Lab
All equipment in Faraday Cage and with clean power supply
1 Quantum Design PPMS:
9 T magnet with automatic ramping
Transport Measurement (Resistivity, Hall, magneto-resistivity)
Specific Heat (few mg sample)
No liquid N2 only liquid He needed (both liquids available)
2 Glass Cryostats
3 Stainless Steel by Janis (2K with high speed centralized pumping 0.1 Tor.) 1 with Superconducting Magnet (10T) manual ramping
He3 System
Mini-Dilution with gas handling system
Pfeiffer Leak Detector
Digital Scopes & Multi-Meters
Multi-channel DAQ boards with LabView control, GPIB, or USB
Xpert Phillips X-ray Diffractometer
Machine shop
lathe
milling machine
band saw
drill press
Planetarium
24-foot dome, and soon to be upgraded digital projector!
Observatory
Collection of Dobsonians used for astronomy labs, and a permanently mounted Meade
10-inch reflector in a roll-off shed, used for undergraduate research and public outreach.
