Center for Advanced Materials Characterization in Oregon
Materials Science CAMCOR webpage

The Center for Advanced Materials Characterization in Oregon (CAMCOR) is a user facility housing a comprehensive array of materials characterization instrumentation and expertise aimed to serve the needs of researchers on the University of Oregon campus, regional industries, and academic institutions. CAMCOR's mission is to:

PROVIDE state-of-the-art materials characterization facilities to materials researchers in the university and regional companies including high-tech start-ups.

FOSTER collaborative interactions between faculty and researchers at academic institutions throughout the Pacific Northwest.

TEACH short courses on characterization techniques and provide hands-on training for users.

CAMCOR Facilities:

MICOANALYTICAL Facility
Director : John Donovan donovan@oregon.uoregon.edu
Provides facilities for sample preparation and analysis of materials by scanning electron microscopy and electron microprobe analysis.

Instrumentation includes:
CAMECA SX50 Electron Microprobe
CAMECA SX100 Electron Microprobe
ZEISS Ultra Scanning Electron Microscope
JEOL JSM-6300V Scanning Electron Microscope
Environmental/Variable Pressure Scanning Electron Microscope

NANO-FABRICATION and CHARACTERIZATION Facility
Provides microscopy applications and techniques ranging from the light level to electron microscopy. Housed within the facility is our imaging facility which provides photographic services, light microscopy, and a multiphoton scanning laser fluorescence microscope.

Instrumentation includes:
Philips CM12 Transmission Electron Microscope
JEOL 6400F Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope
FEI FIB 611
Balzer, BA 360M Freeze Etch/Freeze Fracture Equipment
Reichert Jung FC 4E Cryo-Ultramicrotome
Bio-Rad Multiphoton Scanning Laser Fluorescence, Radiance 2001

MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION Laboratory
Houses instrumentation for the analysis of a wide range of solid-state materials, surfaces, and organic and inorganic thin films.

Instrumentation includes:
Philips X’Pert PW3040 Powder X-ray Diffractometer
Scintag XDS2000 Powder X-ray Diffractometer
Quantum Design MPMSXL SQUID Magnetometer
Waters Gel Permeation Chromatography with RI, UV-Vis and MALLS Detectors
TA Differential Scanning Calorimeter
TA Modulated Differential Scanning Calorimeter
TA Thermogravimetric Analyzer

SURFACE ANALYTICAL Laboratory
Director : Steve Golledge golledge@darkwing.uoregon.edu
Houses instrumentation for characterization of ultrathin films and nanostructured or nanoscale surfaces.

Instrumentation includes:
Phi Model 670 Scanning Auger Microscope
Kratos Hsi Monochromatized X-ray Photoelectron Spectrometer (XPS) with UPS capability
ION-TOF Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (TOF-SIMS)
Nanoscope IIIa Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)
Woollam M44 Spectroscopic Ellipsometer
Hysitron Nanoindentation Systiem
Bioanalytical Systems BAS100B Electrochemical Analyzer
Commercial and Home-Built Contact Angle Goniometers

DEVICE FABRICATION / CHARACTERIZATION Laboratory

Clean and Etch Lab Wet Lab with 2 x 6’ Fume Hoods
2 Darkrooms Equipped for Photolitography
Headway Research Spin Coater
OAI Model 200 Contact Mask Aligner
Softbake Hotplates, Hardbake Oven and Ultrasonic Bath
J. Nabity Electon Beam Lithography Pattern Generator
used with JEOL JSm-6300V and Zeiss Ultra Scanning Electron Microscopes
Chem Mat Spin Coater
2 Dry Oxide Tube Furnaces
2 Wet Oxide Tube Furnaces
2 Boron Diffusion Tube Furnaces
Diffusion-Pumped Vacuum Bell Jar Evaporator with an Infinicon Quartz Crystal Deposition Monitor
Inspection Microscopes (one with computer-interfaced color CCD camera)
Four-Point Probe Station, Current Source, and DVM
for resistivity measurements
Allesi Probe Station/Inspection Microscope
Filmetrics
for film thickness measurements
4 Keithley Source-Measure Units
for current-voltage measurements
2 Agilent Precision LCR Meters
for capacitance-voltage measurements
Reactive Ion Etcher
Wire Bonder
Stylus Profilometer

Chemistry Research and Instrumentation Services - CRIS

Varian INOVA 300 NMR Spectrometer
Varian INOVA 500
600 NMR Spectrometers
Agilent 1100 LC/MS Mass Spectrometer
Nicolet Magna-550 Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrophotometer
Bruker Apex CCD and Enraf-Nonius CAD-4 Turbo Diffractometers
Hewlett-Packard 8453 UV-Visible Spectrophotometer
Bruker ESP 300 EPR Spectrometer
Silicon Graphics Octane Workstations

CRIS • CAMCOR • Tools for Biochemistry, Biophysics, & Molecular Biology
Shared Laser Facility • Computational Tools • Science Library • Other Support Facilities

 

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