West Campus Materials Characterization Core

The West Campus Materials Characterization Core (MCC) is a university-wide shared user facility that works in partnership with other materials characterization resources at Yale and with the Analytical Services Group at West Campus.

Our analytical capabilities include the investigation of crystal structure, surface topography, materials microstructure and chemical microanalysis, surface chemical characterization, and physical property measurements. We offer a variety of instruments and techniques, including X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), focused ion beam (FIB) SEM, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), X-ray fluorescence (XRF) and X-ray diffraction (XRD), and physical property measurement system (PPMS), together with specimen preparation tools.

Equipment

Instruments

Focused ion beam - scanning electron microscopy (FIB-SEM)

• ThermoFisher Helios G4 UX DualBeam for materials science

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS)

• PHI VersaProbe II Scanning XPS microprobe

Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)

• Hitachi SU8230 UHR cold field emission (CFE) SEM

X-ray diffraction (XRD)

• Rigaku SmartLab X-ray diffractometer

X-ray fluorescence (XRF)

• Rigaku ZSX Primus II XRF spectrometer

Physical property measurement system (PPMS)

• Quantum Design PPMS® DynaCool™

Raman spectroscopy (affiliated with Energy Sciences Institute)

• Horiba LabRAM HR Evolution 

BET surface area and porosity analysis (affiliated with Energy Sciences Institute)

• Micromeritics ASAP 2460 Surface Area and Porosity Analyzer

Microsensor multimeter (affiliated with Energy Sciences Institute)

• Unisense Microsensor Multimeter

Thin-film deposition systems (affiliated with Energy Sciences Institute)

• FijiTM 200 Gen 2 plasma atomic layer deposition system
• MB-EcoVap thin film coater (MBRAUN)

Sample preparation tools

Digital LCD stereoscope
Leica DMS300 Digital Stereoscope

Sputter coater
Leica ACE600 High Vacuum Sputter

Wire bonder
West Bond Manual Wedge Wire Bonder (Model: 747630E) 

Press
Spex 3636 X-Press®

Ball mill
Lab Synergy Planetary Micro Mill Pulverisette 7 premium line

3D printer

DREMEL 3D printer (MODEL 3D20-01)