Major Characterization Facilities

• Scanning probe microscope facility
• Optical tweezer facility
• Quartz crystal microbalance
• Self-nulling ellipsometers
• Surface plasmon resonance imaging system
• Optical microscopes
• Dynamic light scattering spectrometer
• Attenuated total reflection FTIR spectrometer
• Cryo-transmission electron microscope
• Scanning confocal laser microscope
• Polarization modulation infrared reflection absorption spectrometer
• Raman microprobe spectrometer
• Infrared microscope
• Optical profiler
  
• Differential pressure experiment

Sample Preparation Facilities

• Spincoater
• Laminar flow cabinet
• Ultrapure water facility
• Vacuum ovens
• UV/ozone cleaner
• Plasma cleaner
• CO₂ snow cleaner
• High temperature oven
• Langmuir trough
• Microbiology facilities

Scanning Confocal Laser Microscope

A state of the art Leica TCS SP2 scanning confocal laser microscope (SCLM) with full-spectrum capabilities, together with a fluid flow cell, is used to image in situ the three-dimensional morphology of the macromolecular films.

Leica TCS SP2 scanning confocal laser microscope

Flow cell used with scanning confocal laser microscope