Laboratory gallery
These images show the class of work — microscopy, diffraction, spectroscopy, electrochemistry, powders and a bench laboratory. They are not photographs of NS&TD instruments and do not imply a model or specification.
Field-emission SEM is the facility’s surface-imaging technique, used with EDX for elemental composition.
Gannu03, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source
Close view of the electron column and EDX detector port. Illustrative of microscopy, not an NS&TD instrument.
Gannu03, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source
Electron micrograph of zinc oxide nanoflowers, standing in for nanoscale surface imaging.
Oleksandr Smirnov, CC BY 4.0. Source
Graphene foliates on a carbon nanotube. Used for the carbon-materials research area.
BRStoner, Duke University, 2011, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source
XRD identifies crystalline structure, phase, and crystallite size.
René Volfík, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source
TGA follows mass change with temperature. The facility also lists DSC in this group.
University of Washington MSE laboratory equipment page. Source
FTIR identifies functional groups from infrared absorption.
Keshavana, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source
UV-Vis and DRS cover solution and solid-state optical absorption.
Tim Vickers, public domain. Source
Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry separates and identifies volatile compounds.
Vermont Forensic Laboratory. Source
Coin cells in a test fixture, used for the energy-storage area and electrochemical techniques.
Wikimedia Commons. Source
A carbon powder sample. Carbon materials and nanocomposites are named research areas.
Leiem, CC0. Source
A water dispersion, relevant to zeta-potential samples, which must be liquid.
Leiem, CC0. Source
A teaching laboratory. Not a photograph of the NS&TD facility.
Cjp24, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source
A ball-and-stick model of carbon atoms in layers, used for the carbon-materials research area.
Andy Luo, Unsplash licence. Source
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