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