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  1. Services

    Gas chromatography

    Measure greenhouse gas concentrations.

    Located within Yale Analytical and Stable Isotope Center (YASIC)

    Brad Erkkila

    Director
  2. Core/facility

    Gibbs Machine Shop

    We help researchers with expert conceptual design, engineering, prototyping, and custom manufacture of scientific equipment. Note: The machine shop has moved to SCL 22 due to the construction of upper Science Hill.

     

    Vincent Bernardo, Jr.

    Director
  3. Instrument/equipment
    Helios G4 UX tool.

    Helios G4 UX DualBeam System

    Helios G4 UX DualBeam (electron & ion-beam) microscope

    Located within Aberration-Corrected Electron Microscopy (ACEM) Core

    ACEM Core

    Director
  4. Instrument/equipment
    Instron

    Instron tensile/compression testing

    This instrument performs tensile, compression, flexure/bend, peel, tear, shear, and cyclic tests.

    Located within Mechanical and Thermal Analysis Instrumentation Core (MTAIC)

    Amit Datye, PhD

    Primary Contact
  5. Services

    Instrument design & electronics prototyping

    We have designed instruments and parts for groups across campus and across disciplines. We also have some capacity for prototyping and development of electronics for instrumentation work.

    Located within Advanced Prototyping Center at Wright Lab

    Craig Miller

    Primary contact
  6. Instrument/equipment

    Ion mill

    The Hitachi IM4000 can be used for cross-sectioning samples (usually for SEM viewing) or for polishing surfaces.

    Located within Yale Institute for Nanoscience and Quantum Engineering (YINQE)

    Sungwoo Sohn, PhD

    Associate Director of Facilities
  7. Instrument/equipment

    Iridium sputtering tool

    Iridium is useful for coating samples before electron microscopy.

    Located within Yale Institute for Nanoscience and Quantum Engineering (YINQE)

    Sungwoo Sohn, PhD

    Associate Director of Facilities
  8. Services

    Isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS)

    Isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS) services

    Located within Yale Analytical and Stable Isotope Center (YASIC)

    Brad Erkkila

    Director
  9. Instrument/equipment

    Laser cutting

    Our medium-power laser cutter can be best thought of as a computer-controlled bandsaw. Like the abrasive water jet, it is largely used to cut through flat material stock. It can also be used to etch various materials.

    Located within Advanced Prototyping Center at Wright Lab

    Craig Miller

  10. Instrument/equipment

    Lithography

    The cleanroom offers tools that provide a comprehensive solution for photolithography.

    Located within Yale Cleanroom Facilities

    Yong Sun

    Director
  11. Core/facility

    Mechanical and Thermal Analysis Instrumentation Core (MTAIC)

    The core provides mechanical and thermal properties characterization of materials and devices, housing a range of instruments, including thermal analyzers and rheometers.  Trainings are required in order to use MTAIC equipment.

    Amit Datye, PhD

    Associate Research Scientist, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
  12. Instrument/equipment

    Metrology

    Metrology tools offer the ability to characterize thin films, including via an optical microscope, spectral reflectometry, ellipsometry, stylus profiler, and optical profilometer.

    Located within Yale Cleanroom Facilities

    Yeongjae Shin

    Staff Scientist