Lab Capabilities

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

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

Quartz Tube Sealing Station

Three-Zone Furnace

High-Temperature Tube Furnace

1500 C max

Furnaces

Muffle Furnaces
Tube Furnaces

Mechanical Milling

Restch Planetary Ball Mill
SPEX 8000 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

University of Utah Materials Characterization Lab

Quantum Design PPMS