X-ray Facility
The PI is the Director of the UC Santa Cruz X-ray Facility. The lab contains a Rigaku SmartLab powder/thin film X-ray diffractometer and a Bruker APEX II single crystal diffractometer, both funded by NSF MRI. The group measures samples first hand for both our projects and those of other groups, both on and off campus. For detailed information on the instruments, submission of samples and recharge rates, please see the X-ray Facility website at: http://xrd.ucsc.edu
The PI is the Director of the UC Santa Cruz X-ray Facility. The lab contains a Rigaku SmartLab powder/thin film X-ray diffractometer and a Bruker APEX II single crystal diffractometer, both funded by NSF MRI. The group measures samples first hand for both our projects and those of other groups, both on and off campus. For detailed information on the instruments, submission of samples and recharge rates, please see the X-ray Facility website at: http://xrd.ucsc.edu
Oliver Lab Equipment
- Thermogravimetric analyzer (TA Instruments 2050) coupled to a Pfeiffer Vacuum Thermostar quadrupolar mass spectrometer
- Reflectance UV-Vis-NIR (Varian Cary 5000) for solids, with both diffuse and total reflectance attachments
- UV-Vis spectrophotometer (HP 8452A Diode Array) for liquids
- High-resolution optical microscopes (Zeiss and Olympus, with digital image capture and reflectance mode)
- Glove box (VAC Dri-Lab) for handling air-sensitive reagents and samples
- Temperature programmable oven (Fisher Isotemp)
Departmental and Campus Facilities
We use a variety of techniques available on campus facilities. Our primary methods at present are ion chromatography, NMR, FE-SEM and ICP-MS/ICP-OES/ICP-magnetic sector and FAAS. We also occasionally send samples to the synchrotron single crystal XRD beamline of the Advanced Light Source (ALS) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). Some group members also collect HRTEM data at LBNL.