Facilities

Office and Lab Space
Dr Garcia's office is located in the first floor of BSE (BSE 1.104L) and occupies an area of about 100 sq. feet. The PI's laboratory occupies 1000 sp. ft. in the top floor of the new BSE Building (BSE 4.208). The PI also occupies one office in the same building (BSE 4.204) with an area of 150 sq. feet that is completely dedicated to students.

The BSE buiding is one of the newest buildings on-campus.

Instrumentation in our Lab (BSE 4.208)

Variable Angle Spectroscopic Ellipsometer (Woollam)

Capillary Electrophoresis (PACE/MDQ Beckman Coulter) with UV detection

IS400 Engraver (Gravograph)

High voltage power supply (for microchip applications)(2)

CHI812 potentiostat with PC and software

Inspection microscope with digital camera and software

Digital hot plates (VWR)
Light Source (OAI)
Plasma cleaner/oxidizer
WS-400B-6NPP-Lite Spin Processor (Laurel Technologies)

pHmeter (Orion)

Analytical balance (Metler-Toledo)

2 6-feet hoods & 2 4-feet hoods

General laboratory instrumentation (pipettes, ovens, UV-Vis spec, etc)

6 additional computers (with Internet connection) are also available for data analysis

Please follow these guidelines to use/preserve the resources in the lab

Cleanroon / Microfabrication
Through a very active collaboration with the MEMS Lab we have access to a variety of labs equipped with furniture and instrumentation (low UV lights, HEPA filters, hot plates, plasma cleaner)
Digital hot plates (VWR)
WS-400B-6NPP-Lite Spin Processor (Laurel Technologies)
Profilometer (Sloan Dektak IIA)

Porosimeter

AFM (Agilent)

FTIR

Microscopes

Contact angle measurement tool

Other Facilities

The Department of Chemistry provides access to the use of a wide variety of modern instrumentation. Please see the complete list in this link.

The University also provides access to a large number of journals and books though the John Peace Library, which is located 3 minutes away from the lab.