Materials Synthesis

(poster)

    • Atomic layer deposition: Veeco ALD system for deposition of uniform and porous coatings (poster)
    • Electrochemical deposition setup
    • Spray-coating system:  Home-built setup for spray-coating solid lubricant solutions
    • Physical Vapor Deposition System
Tribological Testing
    • Macroscale pin-on-disk tribometer: Anton Paar pin-on disk tribometer with heating stage (poster)
    • A Nanovea high-temperature tribometer― up to 800°C with in-situ Raman capabilities (Renishaw Raman, green and blue lasers) (poster)
    • Atomic Force Microscope: Bruker Nanoscan AFM with operating temperature range up to 250°C (poster)
    • KLA nanoindentation and scratch resistance measurements with temperature range up to 450 C (poster)
    • PCS instruments high frequency reciprocating rig for friction and wear testing from 25-400°C (poster)
    • QCM setup for solid/liquid interfaces analysis (poster)
    • QCM setup for corrosion and electrochemistry evaluation (poster)
    • TE77 High Frequency Reciprocating Rig for industrial scale tribological testing (poster)
Characterization

(poster)

    • FEI Nova 200 dual beam scanning electron microscope / focused ion beam (SEM/FIB) FEGSEM with EDS, EBSD and Omniprobe AutoProbe.
    • Thermo Electron Nicolet 6700 Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometer.
    • FEI Tecnai F20 analytical high resolution transmission electron microscope (AHRTEM) with Super-Twin Lens, EDS, PEELS, HAADF.
    • Rigaku Ultima III x-ray diffractometer (XRD) with thin film, grazing incidence, in-plane diffraction, Small angle x-ray scattering (SAXS) with evacuated beam path, 1500°C hot stage with controlled atmosphere (vacuum, inert), pole figure software for texture analysis
    • Physical Electronics Versaprobe V-1000 x-ray photoelectron spectrometer (XPS)