The Advanced Materials Lab is a Recharge Facility that serves the materials characterization needs of the users at RIT and in the local industry. Materials characterization techniques include optical microscopy, atomic force microscopy, micro-hardness testing, powder and high-resolution x-ray diffraction. Major users are student and faculty researchers from Microsystems Engineering, Microelectronic Engineering, Physics, Imaging Science, and the Nano-Power Research Laboratory. The lab is also used in the advanced level “Micro-Nano Characterization” course. Dr. Gupta manages this lab.

List of Equipment

• PSIA XE-150 Scanning Probe Microscope System
• Veeco DI-3000 Scanning Probe Microscope System
• Rigaku DMAX-IIB Powder X-Ray Diffractometer
• Bruker D8 High-resolution X-Ray Diffractometer
• Mitutoyo MVK-H1 Microhardness Tester
• Wilson Series 500 Rockwell Hardness Tester
• Struers RotoPol/RotoForce/Multidoser  Mechanical Polishing System
• Struers LectroPol-5 Electropolishing System
• Olympus BX60M Optical Microscope with Image Pro Digital Imaging
• Olympus BH2 Optical Microscope with Image Pro Digital Imaging
• Olympus SZX12 Stereo Microscope with Spot Imaging System
• Ohaus Voyager Mass Balance

Recognition

• National Science Foundation, Grant # #EEC-0530575
• National Science Foundation, Grant # # ECS-0521341
• National Science Foundation, Grant # # DUE-9451220
• National Science Foundation, Grant # # USE-8950897