Facilities

Materials Synthesis

• • Atomic layer deposition: Veeco ALD system for deposition of uniform and porous coatings
  • 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
  • A Nanovea high-temperature tribometer― up to 800°C with in-situ Raman capabilities (Renishaw Raman, green and blue lasers)
  • Atomic Force Microscope: Bruker Nanoscan AFM with operating temperature range up to 250°C
  • KLA nanoindentation and scratch resistance measurements with temperature range up to 450 C
  • PCS instruments high frequency reciprocating rig for friction and wear testing from 25-400°C
  • QCM setup for solid/liquid interfaces analysis
  • QCM setup for corrosion and electrochemistry evaluation
  • TE77 High Frequency Reciprocating Rig for industrial scale tribological testing

Characterization

• • 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)

Additional Facilities at UNT

• Materials Research Facility (MRF)
• CAAAM Facilities