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Facilities

The Zhou lab is equipped with many different tools for materials creation, processing, and analysis.

  • Materials Synthesis
    • MPECVD
    • Thermal CVD
    • Laser ablation
    • Solid State Reaction
  • Thin Film Deposition
    • Sputtering System
    • Thermal Evaporator
    • Wet Etching
  • Material Processing
    • High Temperature Oven
    • Vacuum Annealing Furnaces
  • Materials Characterization
    • X-ray Diffractometer
    • Thermal Analysis Systems
  • X-ray Imaging Systems
    • Micro-CT Scanner
    • Multi-pixel Tomosynthesis Scanner

With access to SEM, TEM, and HRTEM within the department.

Labs

Materials synthesis lab (Zhou): Extensive facilities for synthesis and processing of nanomaterials, including: a laser ablation system and a microwave-enhanced plasma CVD system for synthesis of nanomaterials; fume hoods (4), glove box, numerous programmable high temperature furnaces, wet-chemistry facilities for materials processing.

Thin film lab (Zhou): multi-target thin film sputtering system, pulse laser deposition, spin coater, UV ozone cleaner, facilities for electrophoresis, lamellar-flow dust-free hoods (2), and wet and reactive ion etching equipment for device fabrication.

Materials characterization lab (Zhou): A complete set of thermal analysis equipment (DSC, TGA, DMA, DTA), powder x-ray diffractormeter, equipment for electrochemical measurements, optical microscopes, micro-Raman spectrometer (shared facility)

Electron field emission testing lab (Zhou): a scanning probe station for measuring the local emission I-V characteristics and three stations for characterization of macroscopic field emission properties including emission imaging. Each station is supported by a turbo vacuum station providing up to 10-8 torr base pressure.

X-ray testing lab (Zhou): Homebuilt prototype field emission x-ray sources, high voltage power supply (up to 160KV), digital power supplies, pulse generators, oscilloscopes, energy-sensitive diode detector (160KV max).

Design and simulation lab (Zhou): 3D CAD design (SolidWorks), electrostatic simulation (Opera), and thermal analysis.

X-ray imaging lab (Zhou):

Micro-CT: a cone-beam micro-CT scanner with a CNT micro-focus x-ray source (50mm resolution) and a 2D imaging plate x-ray detector (Hamamatsu, CMOS detector with 50x50mm pixel resolution); Facilities for small animal handling.

Mammography: a multi-beam stationary tomosynthesis system with a Varian 2D digital x-ray source (20x20cm FOV).

Radiotherapy instrumentation Lab (Zhou):

A micro-CT guided microbeam radiation therapy system for small animal models;

An single-cell irradiation facility for radiobiology research.

Lithography lab (UNC Physics): Class 100 clean room, facilities for conventional photolithography and e-beam lithography.

Microscope lab (UNC Physics): JEOL TEM (2), JEOL field emission SEM.