Facilities
The University of Oregon and Oregon State University’s proximity to one another provides graduate students access to world-class analytical facilities, as well as a unique educational opportunity through direct interactions with HP technical staff. These instruments and interactions have allowed us to see the dramatic transformations of many early-career students into professional scientists and engineers.
Shared Facilities
Several instruments are located in the Lorry I. Lokey Laboratories, a new 30,000 sq. ft. facility housing the CAMCOR and CRIS facilities at the University of Oregon. A report by Colin Gordon Associates http://www.colingordon.com/ has confirmed that the “facility is two to four times quieter than the advanced standard for vibration required by the National Institute of Standards and Technology."
Other instruments are located in the clean-room facilities and the Department of Chemistry at Oregon State University. Many of the OSU facilities will be relocated to the new Linus Pauling Science Center, an 80,000 sq. ft. facility that is scheduled for completion in 2010.
- CAMCOR: is a full-service, comprehensive materials characterization center at the University of Oregon open to outside clients. The CAMCOR facilities provide enabling infrastructure for research in chemistry, geology, archaeology, nanoscience, materials science, bioscience, and optics.
- OSU NMR facility: The new NMR facility will house state-of-the-art instrumentation that will provide faculty and their researchers with access to world class equipment for conducting cutting edge research.
- OSU Imaging Center: The new imaging facility will house state-of-the-art instrumentation including FEI, SEM, ESEM, and FIB for analysis at the atomic level.
- X-Ray Diffractometers: Bruker D8Discover and Philips X'Pert PW3040 - optimized for the study of ultrathin films; Scintag XDS2000 - modified for variable temperature experiments; Rigaku Rapid Image Plate – single crystals, powders, and films; Bruker SMART APEX CCD; Enraf-Nonius CAD-4 Turbo; Rigaku SCXmini.
- Thin-film Assessment: ellipsometers, spectroscopic reflectometry, photoluminescence, optical absorption, reflection & transmission systems, and mechanical thickness profilometer.
- Thin-film Deposition: robotic SILAR system, flow SILAR system, two spin coaters, HP POEM2 ink-jet printer with TIPS, three rf sputtering systems, ion-beam sputtering system, three thermal evaporators, activated reactive evaporation system, two electron-beam evaporation systems, PECVD system, reactive ion etching system, two rapid thermal processing systems, pulsed laser deposition system, pulsed electron deposition system, several controlled- atmosphere gloveboxes, and cleanroom-based photolithography facilities.
- Solid-state NMR: Varian INOVA 300 NMR Spectrometer configured with CP-MAS capabilities SQUID Magnetometer: Quantum Design 5 Tesla system
- Physical Property Measurement System: Quantum Design Model 6000
- Kratos Analytical Ultra-High Vacuum Axis X-Ray Spectrometer
- AFM/STM: Two Digital Instruments Nanoscope IIIa/MultiMode Scanning Probe Microscopes with flow liquid cell; DI Dimension 3100 instrument for analyzing large samples
- PHI Scanning Auger Microscope model 680 with depth profiling capabilities
- ION TOF IV Time of Flight: secondary ion mass spectrometer depth profiling capabilities Two Waters Gel Permeation Chromatography systems equipped with MALLS and reflective index detectors for molecular weight characterization
- Integrated DSC, DTA, and Thermogravimetric Analyzers for mass analysis of evolved gases Perkin-Elmer 1320 GC with 1022 mini-PC controller
- PAR 173/175 for electrochemical studies
- Device Fabrication and Characterization Labs containing photolithography, high vacuum deposition, and instrumentation for Hall, Seebeck, DC, AC, and RF electrical testing of materials and devices
- Agilent 1100 LC/MSD mass spectrometer with ESI and APCI sources coupled to an HPLC Waters Q-TOF Mass Spectrometer with MALDI and ESI capabilities
- Varian Inova 300, 500 and 600 MHz Multinuclear FT NMR spectrometers
- Nicolet Magna 550 FT-IR spectrometer with external reflection and attenuated total reflectance HP 8453 Diode array UV/vis absorption spectrophotometer
- Silicon Graphics Octane and Indy workstations with molecular modeling software
- CAMECA SX50 Electron Microprobe JEOL JSM-6300V Scanning Electron Microscope - fitted with an energy dispersive x-ray detector (EDX), AMR1000A SEM
- FEI Titan TEM, Philips EM300 TEM and Philips CM-12 TEM/STEM equipped for cryomicroscopy
- Zeiss Ultra 55 thermal field emission SEM w/JC Nabity lithography control system.
- The Analytical Facilities at Hewlett Packard in Corvallis will also be made available for high-resolution studies of the more mature precursors, films, and devices resulting from the effort.
