VCU Nanomaterials Core Characterization Facility

• Hitachi SU-70 FE-SEM

• Zeiss Libra 120

• PANalytical MPD X’Pert Pro

• ThermoFisher ESCAlab 250

• Bruker SkyScan 1173 High Engery Micro-CT

• Zeiss Auriga FIB-SEM

• Zeiss LSM 710 Laser Scanning Microscope

• JEOL LV-5610 SEM

• Viscoteck GPCMax

• Nikon Eclipse LV100D

• Horiba LABRam HR Evolution Confocal Raman Spectrometer

• PANalytical Epilson 3XL

Supercritical Dryer

Tousimis Samdri®-PVT-3D supercritical point dryer uses the liquid CO2 to remove the liquid from the pores in a precise and controlled way, without disturbing the pore structure. It has precise flow control, automatic temperature control and pressure stability.

Breakthrough

Dynamic gas separation analyzer system

Autosorb IQ2

​​Gas sorption analyzer  with two physisorption analysis ports for surface area analysis and pore size measurements.

Autosorb-1C

​​Gas sorption analyzer  with one physisorption analysis ports for surface area analysis and pore size measurements.

High Pressure Adsorption Analyzers

​HPVA series of gas adsorption analyzers designed to obtain high pressure adsorption isotherms of gases such as hydrogen, methane and carbon dioxide using the static volumetric method.

NOVA® Surface Area Analyzer​

NOVA surface area analyzer offers a full line of rapid, high throughput B.E.T. surface area and pore size analyzers.

MasterPrep™ Degasser

The MasterPrep is designed to provide users of the AUTOSORB, and NOVA surface area and pore size analyzer series with high-throughput sample preparation.

Glove Box