Facilities and equipment

Microfabrication

Photolithography
Wet chemical hood
Plasma etcher / asher
Spin coater
UV / Ozone cleaner
Sonicators / Mixers / hotplates / ovens
Liquid-phase photopolymerization
Electrospinning
​Hot embossing machine

Our lab has full access to all facilities and equipmement at the ISU's Microelectronics Research Center directed by Dr. V. Dalal.

Raith E-beam Lithography at ISU's Microelectronics Research Center

Optics

Optical vibration-free table 
Micropositioners
Optical shutter/chopper
Optical spectrum analyzer
Near-IR and mid-IR photodetectors
UV-vis spectrometer
Spectrophotometer
Light power and energy meter
Tunable NIR laser (1.48-1.61 μm)
Tunable mid-IR laser (3-3.45 μm)
Various solid state and diode lasers
Digital micromirror device DLP kit.
Various optical components

Mid-IR tunable laser

Various optical components

Optical spectrum analyzer and Near IR tunable laser

Atomic Force Microscope (AFM)

Electronics

Lock-in amplifier
Boxcar amplifier 
Dynamic signal analyzer 
Various power supplies/meters/function generators

Stereo Microscope

Phase Contrast Microscope

Microscope

Microscopic imaging

High-resolution stereo microscope with fluorescence detection capability (shared with Drs. J. Kim and S. Pandey)
Phase contrast microscope with fluorescence detection capability (shared with Drs. J. Kim and S. Pandey)
Two zoom stand stereoscope
High-speed video cameras

Electrospinning

Glove box

Other equipment and facilities

Atomic Force Microscope (AFM)
2 programmable syringe pumps
3 non-programmable syringe pumps
Glove box



Cell culture facilities



Plant growth facilities

Plant growth chamber
Homemade plant growth station

Spectrophotometer

Centrifuges