Neutron Scattering Support Laboratories
Biophysical Lab
Capabilities: X-ray Reflectometer/Diffractometer; Langmuir Apparatus: Isotherms, Interfacial Elastic Modulus, and Protein Adsorption Assays; Brewster Angle Microscope; QCM-D
Deuterium-Labeling Protein Expression
Capabilities: Cell Culture, Scratch Assays, Therapeutic Tests; Extracellular Matrix Protein Expression and Purification from Mammalian Cells
Inorganic Synthesis Lab
Capabilities: Powder synthesis using solid-state reaction and ion-exchange, and single crystal growth using the flux method; High-temperature synthesis and annealing using muffle and tube furnaces (up to ~1300°C) under air or inert atmospheres; Sample quenching from 1200°C using Fluxer furnace; multizone furnace (1100°C): Drying ovens; Optical microscope; State-of-the-art quartz sealing station (simultaneous sealing of up to three tubes); Hydraulic pellet press; Capability to synthesize functional oxide and related materials suitable structural, magnetic, thermal, and transport measurements