Facilities and Equipment

Dr. Rhodes’ laboratory includes ~ 1000 sq. ft . of laboratory space with bench spaces and fume hoods. Specific equipment available includes the following items:

Dr. Rhodes’ Laboratory includes the following equipment (selected list):

  • Inert atmosphere glovebox: Vacuum Atmospheres Omni Model 4-port glovebox
  • Multi-channel electrochemical testing station: Arbin Instruments BT2043, 24 channels; enables multiple electrochemical tests (cyclic voltammetry, potentiostatic, galvanostatic tests) to be run simultaneously
  • Autolab PGSTAT128N/FRA32 Potentiostat/Galvanostat
  • Rotating Ring-Disk Electrode (Pine Research, Model AFMSRCE Modulated Speed Rotator)
  • Analytical balance (5-decimal): Sartorius; Model MSE125P-100-DU
  • Tube furnace: Thermo Scientific Lindberg Mini-Mite
  • Muffle Furnace: Thermo Scientific Thermolyne
  • Vacuum oven: Shel Lab SAVC1E
  • Additional general items including: hot plates/stirrers, glassware, balances, ovens, etc.
  • Pictures of selected equipment and facilities are shown below
Autolab PGSTAT128N/FRA32 Potentiostat/Galvanostat Rotating Ring-Disk Electrode

Autolab PGSTAT128N/FRA32 Potentiostat/Galvanostat
Rotating Ring-Disk Electrode

 

Horiba LabRam HR Evolution Confocal Raman Spectrometer (equipped with Ar-ion laser)

Horiba LabRam HR Evolution Confocal Raman Spectrometer (equipped with Ar-ion laser)

Multi-channel electrochemical testing station: Arbin Instruments BT2043, 24 channels

Multi-channel electrochemical testing station: Arbin Instruments BT2043, 24 channels

Equipment in the Texas State Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (selected list):

  • 400 MHz FT NMR with a broadband tunable probe
  • Bruker Tensor FTIR with an ATR attachment
  • Rigaku SCX-Mini Single Crystal X-ray Diffractometer
  • Varian Cary 100 UV-Visible Spectrophotometer with CA-30 Diffuse Reflectance Integrating Sphere Accessory and Peltier Temperature Controlled Cell Holder
  • Ocean Optics USB400 UV-Visible Spectrophotometer with a fiber-optic dip-probe for in situ measurements
  • GC-MS: Agilent Model 6890/5973) (Dr. Chang Ji’s laboratory)
  • Further details of department equipment is available at the following website: (http://www.txstate.edu/chemistry/research/facilities.html)

Equipment in Texas State Analysis Research Service Center (ARC) (selected list):

  • Helios NanoLab 400 DualBeam FEI-SEM with focused ion beam (FIB) and electron-beam lithography
  • JEOL TEM (JEM 1200 EXII), equipped with a CCD digital camera
  • Veeco Dimension 3100 AFM with Nanoscope IV SPM controller
  • HP 4140B picoammeter and constant DC voltage source
  • Keithley DC I-V and C-V measurement probe stations
  • Confocal microscope: Olympus FV1000
  • Optical Microscope (Polarizing, Nomarski, DIC) Olympus BX60
  • X-ray photoelectron spectrometer (Specs)
  • Nicolet 6700 FTIR-Raman
  • Further details of ARC equipment is available at the following website: (http://www.arsc.txstate.edu/equipment.html)