Laboratory Facilities:

Laboratory Facilities/New Course . A large experimental area (600 sq. ft.) houses three transmission 57Fe-Mössbauer spectrometers and associated cryogenic, electronic and data reduction stations. One spectrometer equipped with a Janis Research Co. cryostat with sample temperature variation 1.6 K < T < 300 K, achieved through the use of a Lakeshore Inc. temperature controller is in operation. The second spectrometer, soon to be operational, employs another Janis Research Co. cryostat which, in addition, contains a superconducting magnet by American Magnetics Corporation, affording the application of external magnetic fields up to 8 T in the direction of propagation of the γ-ray. A temperature controller by T.R.I. Research corporation will afford sample temperature variation 1.8 K < T < 400 K. The third spectrometer is a table-top RT Mössbauer spectrometer used for instructional purposes in the undergraduate course curricullum.

A  new advanced Physics course (Lecture/Laboratory combination) has been developed, which integrates this state-of-the-art laboratory facility into research and education for undergraduate students in the sciences. In addition the course includes XRD-characterization of synthesized phases and TEM analysis of the particle size distribution utilizing in-house facilities.

8000M Mixer/Mill: This high-energy-ball-milling (HEBM) machine is utilized for the production of ferrite nanoparticles via mechanochemical synthesis. Both dry and surfactant-assisted wet ball milling is applied to the production of ferrite nanoparticles.