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

KSV Mini Langmuir Trough

We use a KSV Mini Langmuir Trough (shown below) to study Langmuir monolayers of lipids and proteins, and to transfer the monolayers onto solid substrates. The trough can also be placed on the Optrel Multiskop for in situ ellipsometry measurements of Langmuir layers.

KSV Langmuir Trough

KSV Langmuir Trough System