Cores Directory

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Listing of research core items

  1. Instrument/equipment

    Abrasive water jet cutting

    The high-pressure abrasive water jet cutter can be best thought of as a computer-controlled bandsaw. It is largely used to cut through flat material stock.

     

     

    James A. Nikkel, PhD

  2. Core/facility
    Red light image of a laser

    Advanced Prototyping Center at Wright Lab

    The Advanced Prototyping Center is a fabrication and design support facility to help Yale researchers with custom instrumentation.

    James A. Nikkel, PhD

    Primary contact Supervisor
  3. Core/facility

    Yale Analytical and Stable Isotope Center (YASIC)

    Our analytical services include measurements of stable and radiocarbon isotopes, cations, anions, greenhouse gases, natural γ-radiation, mercury, and nutrients in water or soil extracts.

    Brad Erkkila

    Primary contact Director
  4. Instrument/equipment

    Back-end processing

    The cleanroom offers tools for the back-end processing of device fabrication, including a critical-point dryer and scribing and dicing tools, as well as lapping and polishing tools.

    Located within Yale University Cleanroom
  5. Core/facility

    CBIC

    The Chemical and Biophysical Instrumentation Center (CBIC) offers NMR spectroscopy, X-ray crystallography, mass spectrometry, and other instruments to characterize and structurally elucidate chemical and biophysical samples.

    Eric Paulson, PhD

    Primary contact Director
  6. Instrument/equipment

    Chemical vapor deposition

    The chemical vapor deposition (CVD) tools can deposit metal, oxide, and nitride thin films. The cleanroom offers various CVD tools, including plasma-enhanced CVD and atomic layer deposition.

    Located within Yale University Cleanroom
  7. Core/facility
    Wet lab fume hoods

    West Campus Cleanroom

    The cleanroom includes 1200 square feet of wet and dry clean laboratories rated at Class 1000, with features standard to most cleanrooms.

    Lauren McCabe, PhD

    Primary contact Assistant Director, Cleanroom
  8. Instrument/equipment
    DSC 250 Zoom In

    Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)

    This instrument measures the heat flow of materials across phase transitions​. Technical specifications and limits of the equipment are listed below.

    Amit Datye, PhD

    Primary Contact
  9. Instrument/equipment

    Dry and plasma etching

    Oxford 100 RIE-ICP and Glow Research AutoGlow

    Located within West Campus Cleanroom

    Lauren McCabe, PhD

    Primary contact
  10. Instrument/equipment
    DMA Zoomed Out

    Dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA)

    This instrument measures the dynamic and static deformation of solids in bending and tension.

    Amit Datye, PhD

    Primary Contact
  11. Core/facility

    Earth Materials Characterization Center (EMC2)

    We offer materials physics equipment including microscopy, spectroscopy, deformation tools, and sample-prep tools for sample characterization work.

    Jennifer Girard, PhD

    Primary contact Senior Research Scientist
  12. Core/facility
    Custom titanium mini dual slider alongside a quarter for scale

    YSM Electronic & Machine Shop

    We offer custom design, fabrication, and repair services at the Yale School of Medicine as well as tools for loan. We build prototype devices for medical research.

    Anthony DeSimone

    Primary contact