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The
Department maintains major experimental
capabilities which include EPR,
NMR (biophysics), Mössbauer
spectroscopy, high pressure studies,
VUV, UV/VIS, and infrared spectroscopy,
Raman spectroscopy, photoluminescence
spectroscopy, CVD diamond deposition,
time domain reflectometry, z-scan and degenerate four wave
mixing spectroscopy, MOS characterization
studies, selective time resolved laser
spectroscopy, imaging spectroscopy, nanoindentation,
atomic force microscopy, and thin film
x-ray diffraction.
In
addition, the Nanomaterials Laboratory was
created in 2002. It features a complete Pulsed
Laser Deposition Facility for research and
education in thin films and nanostructured
materials. It includes a Lambda Physik LPX305i
Excimer Laser, a unique custom-made laser deposition
system developed in collaboration with Neocera,
Inc., and a novel Nanoparticle Beam Pulsed
Laser Deposition source developed at UAB with
support from the National Science Foundation.
This laboratory also features an Aerosol Reactor
for Synthesis and Processing of Nanostructured
Materials.
Several
other processing and characterization
tools are also available, including vacuum
evaporators, high power lasers, and various
setups for spectroscopic analysis of
nanomaterials. Research areas include:
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