The cutting-edge research performed in the Ji Group is made possible through advanced techniques, methods, and instrumentation. Powerful in-house capabilities as well as has access to external facilities include:
In-House Capabilities
Powder X-Ray Diffractometer
STOE STADI-P Diffractometer
An X-Ray diffractometer with transmission geometry.
Exchangeable Mo and Ag source
Pair Distribution Function (PDF) analysis ready
Glovebox
MBraun 4-glove argon Glovebox
Inert environment for working with air- and moisture-sensitive materials
2D Materials Transfer Station
Contained in Inert Argon Glovebox
ARBIN Battery Cycler
Battery & Electrochemical Workstation
BioLogic Potentiostat
High-Resolution Electrochemical Workstation
Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS)
Cyclic Voltammetry
Evacuated Sealing Station
Quartz Ampoule Production
12 mm & 25 mm capacities
Three-Zone Furnace
Chemical vapor transport crystal growth
High-Temperature Tube Furnace
1550 C Tube Furnace
Furnaces
Box Furnaces – 6x
Tube Furnaces – 6x
(1 configured for Argon flow environment)
Mechanical Milling
Planetary Ball Mill
Shaker Mill
External Facilities
PARADIM Bulk Crystal Growth Facility
Single-Crystal growth, PPMS, MPMS
University of Utah NanoFab Facilities
Surface Analysis Lab – SEM, TEM, EDS, EBSD
Cleanroom fabrication – Photolithography, thin film deposition
Oakridge National Laboratory
NOMAD beam neutron total diffraction and PDF
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