Technology
Our research is supported by a variety of technologies, including a portable hazardous handling station, atomic force and optical microscopy instrumentation, chemical synthesis hoods, to name a few.
In addition, the main lab features sample preparation benches, gatan ion-beam coater, oxygen plasman, UV ozone cleaner, optical microscopes, shimadzu UV-Vis spectrophotometer and UVP bioimaging systems.
Atomic force microscopy instrumentation
For molecular imaging, several atomic force microscopes have been custom-built for our team.
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Analytical instrumentation
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Cell culture
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Hazardous handling station
This portable station comes complete with a glove box and hydrogen flame station.
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Chemical synthesis hoods
Our core technology includes several chemical synthesis hoods, a pine electrochemistry station, STM tip etching station and biosensing imaging surface plasmon resonance.
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