Equipment

Fabrication & Material Processing:

• Polymer Nanofabrication 3D printer (Nanoscribe PPGT2 system)

• Polymer 3D printer (FDM, contact dispensing, UV/temperature curing) Hyrel 3D 30M

• Desktop DLP printers

• Applicator Zehntner ZUA2000

• Atomic layer deposition system

• Vacuum oven

• Glove Box

• Planetary mixer THINKY ARE-310

• High-power UV cure box

• Plasma Etch PE50

Characterization:

• Universal Test System MTS (tension, compression, 3 & 4-point bending) with environment chamber

• Universal Test System AMETEK CS225 for low-force testing (tension, compression, adhesion, friction)

• Digital image correlation system (DIC) for strain and deformation measurements from Correlated Solutions

• Thermal gravitational analysis (TGA) system

• Polarization and dielectric breakdown test system

• Chatillon force tester for the flexible material test

• Electrodynamic Shakers

• Dynamic mechanical analyzer (DMA) PerkinElmer Model 8000 with temperature ramp capability

• Wide-range D33 meter (Piezometer)

• Four-probe sheet resistance measuring machine

Electrical Equipment:

• High voltage power amplifier (20kV) TREK 20/20CH-S

• Scanning laser vibrometer system

• Laser displacement sensors

• General DAQ systems using LabVIEW

• Agilent signal analyzers and other small equipment

Microscopy:

• Scanning electron microscope (SEM) with Energy Dispersive X-ray spectrometer (EDX) Quanta 650

• Keyence digital microscope

• Bruker AFM system

• Light microscopes (Dino-Lite: 20-900X, Leica A60 Acrobat Versa Microscope: 5-30X)

Machine Shop Equipment:

• Waterjet cutter

• Laser cutter & engraver

• Sandblasting machine

• Milling machine

• Lathe

• Band saw

• Drill press

• Grinding disks

• Comprehensive hand tool kit

Equipment in Collaborating Labs:

• Nanoindenter (Bruker TI 980 system)

• Mettler Toledo DSC 3 (differential scanning calorimeter)

• Desktop Metal 3D printer (binder jetting) Innovent X

• Fortify Flux Core DLP printer

• 3DXTECH Gearbox HT2 printer

• SLM Solutions SLM 125 printer

• InssTek MX-Lab Multi-metal DED printer

• Orbital Composites Orbital S printer

• Lithoz CeraFab Multi 2M30 printer

• X-Ray micro-CT Scanner

• Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) systems

• Physical vapor deposition (PVD) Magnetron sputtering system

• Wet-saw for cutting specimens

• Down-draft table with air filtering capabilities for specimen sanding

• Composite 3D printer Onyx One

• Compression molding (Hotpress) press

• ASC autoclave with viewports for Digital Image Correlation

• High-temperature heat treatment vacuum furnace (up to 1400 °C) and drying vacuum furnace (up to 350 °C)