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In-House Equipment
With generous support from
Queen's University, NSERC of Canada,
CFI of Canada and MRI of Ontario,
our Group has established a well-equipped
laboratory that provides researchers with state-of-the-art
instrumentation and facilities for conducting electrochemistry, electrocatalysis, corrosion science, electroanalytical
chemistry, surface
science, and materials science research. Some of the specialized instruments and
facilities are as follows:
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Veeco ambient and in-situ
electrochemical STM/AFM (equipped with two scanners, EC cells, a
temperature-control unit, and an environmental chamber)
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Horiba Scientific ambient and electrochemical confocal
Raman microscope
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Veeco Dektak 8 stylus surface profiler
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Autolab electrochemical impedance
spectroscopy (EIS) setup
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Laminar-flow hoods to
provide localized class 100 clean-room environment
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Electrochemical
instrumentation (Autolab and PAR potentiostats, Autolab and PAR EIS systems, AC and DC power supplies, analog
and digital programmers, etc.)
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Digital oscilloscope
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Electrochemical
quartz-crystal nanobalance (EQCN)
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Faraday cages
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Single-crystal growth
instrumentation
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Laue back reflection
X-Ray diffractometer for in-house single-crystal orientation
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NIR-UV-VIS spectrometer
for spectro-electrochemical research
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Optical microscopes
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Water baths and chillers
for temperature-dependent studies
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Vibration-isolation
systems
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Polishing machine and
spot-welding instrumentation
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Water purification systems
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Conversion of the CHE 335 laboratory to a semi-clean room
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Lab space upgrade:
creation of a darkroom for spectroscopic characterization (Raman,
UV-VIS-NIR) of materials and interfaces
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Shared Facilities
We have access to major
infrastructure that belongs to a consortium of researchers. Some of
these instruments are as follows:
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Microlab 310-F
comprehensive surface
analysis system with SAM, SEM, XPS and AES capabilities (located in
Chernoff Hall on the first floor, CHE 105).
The creation of this facility was initiated by Drs. Gregory Jerkiewicz
and David Wardlaw (past Head of the Department), and the financial support was provided by Queen's University and a consortium of researchers. The
data acquisition system was upgraded in 2008 with support from NSERC
through an RTI grant led by Dr. Jerkiewicz. Our Group is co-owner of
the instrument. Effective January 2009, the Facility is
managed by the Department of Chemistry
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Focused ion beam, FIB (located
in Jackson Hall). The facility was created by Dr. Brad Diak
(Facility Manager) with
financial support from NSERC
through an RTI grant and a group of researchers, including Dr.
Jerkiewicz
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