Glovebox System
Featuring an interconnected set of three nitrogen-filled glovebox units, the lab provides device fabrication and characterization functionality in an unbroken inert enviroment.
PE-50 Oxygen Plasma Cleaner
- Removal of organic residue
- Pre-treatment of surfaces to aid silanization
Specialty Coating Systems, Inc. G3P Spin-coater
- Deposition of nanomaterials or solutions
- Surface functionalization
Hermle Z300 Centrifuge
- Maximum speed 13,500 rpm
- Maximum volume 1,000 mL
Custom Thermal Evaporator & Plasma Sputterer
- Deposition of organic and metal thin films.
- Sputter materials include ITO, ZnO, TiO2
- Evaporator materials include metals and metal oxides, fullerenes, organics, organometallics, and dyes
Wet chemistry
- Surface functionalization
- Quantum dot ligand exchange
Electrical characterization station
- Microprobes for multi-terminal measurements
- Keithley 2400 Sourcemeter & Keithley 6517B Electrometer
- LabVIEW control for data acquisition
Fume Hood
- Quantum dot synthesis
- Sample cleaning
- General chemistry equipment (e.g. balances, hot plates, mixers, N2, vacuum, etc.)