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
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)