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Sample Preparation
- Pulsed-laser thin film deposition facility
- RF sputtering facility
- Czochralski crystal growth facility
- Arc-melting facility
- Various tube and box furnaces
- RF furnace
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Melt Casting Furnace
- Prof. Hester's melt casting furnace for creating new materials with applications in quantum computing and magnetocaloric cooling. This furnace can melt most materials in a matter of minutes using induction heating.
- Checkout a video of the furnace in use here
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Materials' characterization
- Rigaku SmartLab X-ray diffractometer with a 2D digital detector
- Hitachi SU5000 FE scanning electron microscope with Deben STEM and Oxford XRF detectors
- Custom IR labs Helium-3 cryostat (DC resistivity/AC susceptibility)
- EDS elemental analysis
- Bomem Michelson interfereometer (200-5000 cm-1)
- Various continuous flow and closed-cycle cryostats
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Materials' measurement systems
- SQUID Magnetometer
- Quantum Design Magnetic Property Measurement System (MPMS)
- Quantum Design Physical Property Measurement System (PPMS)
- Closed-loop liquid Helium cooling
- Specific heat, susceptibilty- and resistivity-measuring instruments for a wide temperature range and under pressure
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Optical and NMR spectroscopy
- Custom IR labs Helium-3 cryostat (reflectance)
- Sciencetech Martin-Puplitt type interferometer (5-200 cm-1)
- Bruker IFS66V/S Interferometer (20-40000 cm-1)
- Jarell-Ash double grating spectrometer for Raman spectroscopy
- Solid-state multi-channel NMR spectrometer with a 7T superconducting widebore magnet
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Raman spectroscopy
- Raman spectrometer with a cryogenic temperature-controlled stage
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Computer facilities
- Up-to-date and well-supported general-purpose computing throughout campus
- Membership in SHARCnet for large-scale parallel computing
- A large departmental Linux workstation group (80+ nodes), universal access to all faculty and students