Facilities

Electronics

  • Keithley 2636B SourceMeter
  • Keithley 2400 SourceMeter
  • Axopatch 200B Amplifier
  • Element e1b Current Amplifier
  • Multiple Femto Current Amplifier
  • Trek 623B High-Voltage Power Amplifier
  • Rigol DS4024 Digital Oscilloscope
  • Rigol DG4162 Function Generator
  • Frequency Devices Tunable Filter
  • Various National Instrument Daq Cards and Terminal Blocks
  • Various DC Power Sources
  • TMC Vibration Isolation Table 4′ x 6′

Optics

  • Nikon inverted microscope Eclipse Ti-U with Epi-Fluo with scanning stage
  • Stereo Zoom Microscope
  • Ocean Optics STS-VIS Spectrometer
  • In-house built confocal imaging system for both DIC and fluorescent imaging
  • Hamamatsu ORCA-Flash4.0 LT Scientific CMOS Camera
  • Two optical tables (4’×8’) for sensitive optical measurements
  • Excelitas Single Photon Counting Modules (SPCMs)
  • Various Coherent OBIS lasers (488nm and 552 nm, 20mW to 100mW).

Mechanics

  • NanoCube XYZ Piezo Systems for nanopositioning;
  • Stepper motor-driven systems (MMP3) for micropositioning
  • Multiple manual stages.

Microfluidics

  • ELVESYS AF1 200 pressure controller and generator
  • Harvard Apparatus programmable infusion/withdraw syringe pumps
  • In-house built pressurized and vacuum-based microfluidic test setups
  • The multichannel flow cytometry system
  • Omega precision pressure regulators

Analytical Equipment

  • Nanodrop 2000 Spectrophotometers
  • Sartorius Entris Analytical Balance
  • Customized Scanning Ion-Conductance Microscopy (SICM) Setup

Fabrication and Manufacturing

  • Mazerustar planetary mixer/deaerator
  • Plasma etch PE-25 System
  • Laurell spin coater
  • Heat press machines for microfluidic cartridge fabrication
  • MakerBot Method X 3D printer for quick prototyping
  • Laser- Micropipette Puller (P-2000)
  • Vaquform DT2 vacuum forming machine
  • Pocket NC V2-10 Desktop 5-axis CNC Milling Machine
  • Universal Laser System for Material Processing
  • Labconco Freeze Dry System for Reagents Lyophilization

PCR Equipment

  • Air Clean 600 PCR Workstations
  • Bio-Rad CFX96 Touch™ Real-Time PCR Detection System
  • Bio-Rad GelDoc Go Gel Imaging System
  • Gel Power Supplies and Gel Electrophoresis Units
  • Bio-Rad Sub-Cell GT Horizontal Electrophoresis Cell
  • VWR PCR Plate Spinner

Refrigerators and Freezers

  • Thermo Fisher 4°C Refrigerator
  • Thermo Fisher -20°C Freezers
  • Thermo Scientific -80°C Freezer

General Equipment

  • Shakers
  • Stir/Hot Plates
  • Vacuum Oven
  • Thermal Oven
  • Air Science UV Box
  • Variable Temperature Heat Blocks (2)
  • Branson CPX5800H Ultrasonic Cleaner
  • Eppendorf Variable Speed Microcentrifuge (3)
  • Vacuum Desiccators (4)
  • Eppendorf 5425 Centrifuge
  • Millipore Direct-Q 3 UV Water Purification System
  • Fume hoods

Computing and Softwares

  • Dell Precision Tower Workstations
  • COMSOL, SolidWorks, LabView, etc..

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