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Shared Research Facilities, West Virginia UniversityP.O. Box 6101, Evansdale Dr. Engineering Sciences Building, Morgantown, WV 26506(304) 293-9683 or (304) 293-8281G75D Engineering Sciences Building

CLEANROOM FACILITY TECHNICAL LEADKolin Brown, Ph.D.(304) 293-9683, Kolin.Brown@mail.wvu.edu

MATERIALS FABRICATION & CHARACTERIZATION FACILITY TECHNICAL LEADWeiqiang Ding, Ph.D.(304) 685-1938, Weiqiang.Ding@mail.wvu.edu

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY FACILITY TECHNICAL LEADMarcela Redigolo, Ph.D.(304) 293-9683, Marcela.Redigolo@mail.wvu.edu

BIO-NANO RESEARCH FACILITY TECHNICAL LEADSiera Talbott, Ph.D.(304) 293-0747, Siera.Talbott@mail.wvu.edu

SHARED RESEARCH FACILITIES TECHNOLOGISTHarley Hart(412) 443-1514, Harley.Hart@mail.wvu.edu

LARUE WILLIAMS, INTERIM DIRECTOR(304) 293-8274, Larue.Williams@mail.wvu.eduhttp://wvnano.wvu.edu

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The clean room facility is used to fabricate micro to nano scale structures and devices on a wide variety of substrates using the following techniques: micro and nano scale patterning, metal and dielectric deposition, material etching, and thermal processing.

The brand new Bio-Nano Research Facility consists of equipment in the Engineering Sciences Building and the Downtown campus that facilitate research at the intersection of molecular biology and nanomaterials.

This facility has a variety of instruments to fabricate materials and characterize their structural, chemical, optical, electrical and magnetic properties, such as AFM, FTIR, Raman, Ellipsometer, X-ray Diffractometer, XPS, pulsed laser deposition and sputtering systems.

The ELECTRON MICROSCOPY FACILITY maintains unique capabilities for electron beam characterization. Combining the capabilities of two electron microscopes, SEM and TEM, this facility offers a series of investigative techniques such as high magnification surface morphology, phase contrast imaging, X-ray compositional mapping, energy dispersive spectrometry, e-beam lithography, electron diffraction, and high resolution imaging in the sub-micron scale. The newly added Sample Preparation Laboratory includes a MultiPrep polishing system, slow speed saw and optical microscope with image capture capability.

Some examples of what users are making:

• Electrode array test beds• Microfluidic chips and channels• Functionalized surfaces for bio

attachments• Optical waveguide sensors• Electronic devices

Some examples of applications include:

• Mammalian cell culture • Sample centrifugation• Cellular viability and toxicity assays• Streaming video of microfluidic

channels• Cellular microscopy• Mass spectrometry• Large volume autoclave

Some examples of applications include:

• Water pollution detection • Rock crystal structure determination• Soil contamination analysis • Film thickness and optical property

measurement• Catalyst surface contamination

determination• Metal/alloy corrosion studies

Some examples of applications include:

• Structural characterization of nanostructures

• Microscopy based studies of drug delivery systems

• Microstructural evolution in solid oxide fuel cells

• Submicron scale interface and defect studies of semiconductors

CLEANROOMFACILITY

BIO-NANORESEARCHFACILITY

MATERIALSFABRICATION&CHARACTERIZATIONFACILITY

ELECTRONMICROSCOPYFACILITY