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Instruments

Electron Microscopy

  • FE-SEM with EDS
  • Lyra FIB-SEM with EDS
  • Fera FIB-SEM with EDS,  EBSD, and TOF-SIMS
  • Electron Microprobe with EDS and WDS
  • Titan Themis3 300 S/TEM with EDS and EELS 

Thermal & Electrical Analysis

  • Thermal mechanical analysis (TMA)
  • Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)
  • Hot Disc thermal conductivity analysis
  • Dielectric Spectrometer

Surface Analysis

  • XPS/UPS
  • Nanoindenter
  • Imaging ellipsometer
  • Cameca ion microprobe
  • Icon AFM
  • AFM-IR

In-Situ Mechanical Testing

  • PI 95 PicoIndenter for TEM
  • PI 85 PicoIndenter for SEM
  • Tensile Stage 500 N (in situ/ex situ)
  • Tensile Stage 10 kN (in situ/ex situ)

Spectroscopy & Microscopy

  • Spectrofluorometer
  • UV-Vis-NIR spectrophotometer
  • Raman confocal microscope
  • FTIR spectrometer
  • Optical Microscope
  • Particale Size Analyzer
  • Surface Area Analyzer

Sample Preparation Tools

  • Sputter Coater (208HR by Cressington)
  • LADD carbon evaporator
  • Struers LaboPol-5 polishing table
  • Diamond band saw
  • Powder press
  • Buehler hot mounting press
  • Nikon SMZ800N stereomicroscope
  • Nikon LV100 petrographic microscope
  • Epoxy disk preparation
  • Oven
  • 2 Fume Hoods & a Perchloric Hood
  • Electropolishers
  • FEM and TEM Plasma Cleaners
  • Gatan PIPS

Other DSC Labs on TAMU Campus:

https://somf.engr.tamu.edu/
https://microscopy.tamu.edu/
https://mdc2.tamu.edu/
https://aggiefab.tamu.edu/
https://xray.chem.tamu.edu/
https://eal.chem.tamu.edu/
http://mri.tamu.edu/
https://cir.tamu.edu/
https://engineering.tamu.edu/biomedical/research/facilities/shared-equipment.html
https://nsc.tamu.edu/
https://lsbi.chem.tamu.edu/

 

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