At the heart of the National Extreme Ultrafast Science Facility (NeXUS) at Ohio State will be an ultrafast laser that delivers a kilowatt of power. This project will be the first to translate this recently developed technology in high average power, ultrafast lasers developed under the European Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI) to the United States. This laser will be used to produce Extreme Ultraviolet (XUV) and soft X-ray pulses by high harmonic generation. These ultrafast pulses of XUV light will enable researchers to study how electrons move in molecules and materials at time scales as fast as attoseconds and length scales as small as angstroms. This facility will supply

• 1 kW laser: 10 mJ at 100 kHz, pulse duration down to 10 fs
• Drive attosecond and femtosecond XUV and soft x-ray generation
• Supply XUV light to the following experimental end stations:
  • X-ray absorption and reflection spectroscopy
  • X-ray magnetic circular dichroism
  • Angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy
  • Scanning tunneling microscopy
  • Molecular imaging by laser-induced electron diffraction

Contact Robert Baker ([email protected]) or Lou DiMauro ([email protected]).

The NeXUS facility is supported by the NSF Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1 program through the Division of Chemistry.

The Surface Science Facility provides multiple-technique characterization of a variety of surfaces with regard to atomic structure, surface chemical composition, and chemical bonding characteristics.

The Characterization Facility ("CharFac") is a multi-user, shared instrumentation facility for materials research spanning from nanotechnology to biology and medicine. Our analytical capabilities include microscopy via electron beams, force probes and visible light; elemental and chemical imaging including depth profiling; elemental, chemical and mass spectroscopy; atomic and molecular structure analysis via X-ray, ion or electron scattering; nanomechanical and nanotribological probes; and other tools for surface and thin-film metrology. CharFac resides administratively under the College of Science and Engineering with additional support from the Medical School. Well over 100 faculty research programs use our capabilities; these researchers originate from dozens of University of Minnesota departments under several colleges. We also work with some 60 industrial companies in a typical year, ranging from small start-ups to multinational corporations; these interactions include analytical service, training for independent use, and research collaboration. Finally, we are supported by the National Science Foundation as a key node in the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network to work with external academic institutions including research universities, 4-year colleges, technical colleges, and K-12 schools

• Microscopy
• Spectroscopy
• High Pressure
• 2D Materials
• Synthesis
• Thin Film Deposition
• Calorimetry

The Center for Biomanufacturing Research Institute & Technology Enterprise (BRITE) is a new state-of-the-art facility for biomolecular research, recombinant synthesis, purification and characterization of biopolymers.

In addition to training the world’s next great scientists, BRITE also provides its faculty with a world-class research facility that allows them to conduct studies spanning subjects such as:

• High Throughput Screening
• Liquid Handling and Automation
• Assay Development
• High-Content Analysis for lead optimization and biological relevance from screening data
• Synthetic Organic Chemistry
• Medicinal Chemistry, SAR
• Protein Production, Proteomics
• Molecular Biology, Plant Genetics
• Biosensor Technology

Our industry-inspired core facilities allow us to truly connect education with real world practice – providing our students with the most comprehensive training possible and preparing them to step into jobs ready and able to make a difference on day one.

The Lurie Nanofabrication Facility serves technology educators and creators through broad access to advanced nanofabrication equipment and staff expertise in a safe, collaborative environment. We enable multi-disciplinary research, experiential learning, and co-operation with industry to advance cutting-edge technologies.

The Michigan Center for Materials Characterization, also known as (MC)2, is the University of Michigan’s facility dedicated to the micron and nanoscale imaging and analysis of materials. The center, housed in Building 22 of the North Campus Research Complex, provides state-of-the-art instruments, professional training, and in-depth education for students and other internal researchers, fellow academic institutions, and local industry. (MC)2 supports a diverse multi-disciplinary user base of more than 450 users from various colleges and departments, 100+ internal research groups, and over 20 non-academic companies.

NMR Lab The NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) lab is a facility of the chemistry department; its principal job is to provide access to NMR equipment and techniques for departmental research. It is also available to outside departments within the university, and to a limited degree to external organizations. Some service work is performed, but in most cases users operate the equipment themselves, and generate and process their own data. VI-500 Varian Inova VI-300 Varian Inova VXR-300 Varian Inova VAC-300 Varian Unity, with automatic sample changer VAC-200 Varian Unity, with automatic sample changer

Part of the San Diego Nanotechnology Infrastructure (SDNI), the facility provides access to an array of state-of-the-art equipment for nanomaterial (both thin-film andRigaku-SmartLab-9-kW-XRD.jpeg powder) characterization, including XRD, XPS, Hall effect, UV-Vis, AFM/MFM, SEM, and photo current systems to measure crystal structure, and magnetic, surface, transport, and optical properties.

Hitachi UH4150 UV-Visible/NIR Spectrophotometer (Nicholas Patterson)
JEOL JSM-7400F Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (TBD)
Kobelco Photocurrent Measurement System (Kenji Nomura)
Lake Shore 8400 Series Hall Effect Measurement System (Mohammed El Hadri)
Panalytical XPert XRD - Line Source (Yasuhiro Kodera)
Panalytical XPert XRD - Point Source (Yasuhiro Kodera)
PHI Quantera Scanning XPS (Sicen Yu)
Bruker D2 Phaser Benchtop XRD (TBD)
Rigaku Smartlab XRD (Dylan Cheng)
Veeco Dimension 3100 AFM/MFM (Jeffrey Brock)

The Powder and High-Resolution XRD facility is equipped with two highly versatile multipurpose X-ray diffractometers from Rigaku, SmartLab and SmartLab SE with built-in intelligent guidance. The combined capabilities of the diffractometers provide a comprehensive structural characterization of various types of materials (metals, ceramics, nanoparticles, polymers, geological specimens) in either bulk or thin-film form. The structural materials characterization includes phase identification, qualitative and quantitative composition analysis, differentiation between crystalline and amorphous phases, determination of structure, lattice parameters, orientation and texture, evaluation of crystallite sizes and strains, monitoring of quality control.

The SmartLab SE system currently has para-focusing optics (Bragg-Brentano geometry) that allows powder XRD measurements for powder samples. XRD measurement performed by SmartLab SE is controlled by a built-in software program SmartLab Studio II. The rapid phase identification analysis and quantitative analysis of powder samples are available using SmartLab Studio II. The SmartLab SE system is equipped with a 1D ceramic strip detector D/teX Ultra250 that detects and integrates X-ray intensity efficiently, so that data can be collected as fast as within a few minutes. In addition, the detector has high resolution and therefore can reduce the overall background of the measurement enabling the detection of XRD peaks of minor components easily.

SmartLab from Rigaku is a horizontal sample mount multipurpose X-ray diffractometer that permits measurements and characterization for both powder and thin-film samples. The instrument is equipped with a cross beam optics (CBO) unit that enables easy switching between the direct beam para-focusing (BB) and parallel beam (PB) geometries simply by changing a selection slit. Additionally, features and capabilities include:

• 3kW long-focus sealed-tube Cu X-ray generator
• A theta-theta goniometer (omega scans, 2-theta/omega scans, 2-theta scans)
• A chi axis (tilt adjustment), a Z axis (thickness adjustment), and a phi axis (adjustment of in-plane orientation)
• The in-plane arm and RxRy attachment
• Ge(220) 2-bounce and Ge(220) 4-bounce monochromators
• CBO-f unit for measurements of micro area (μ-XRD) and micro amount of sample
• Interchangeable double-slit analyzer, parallel-slit analyzer, and 2-bounce analyzer on receiving side
• The two-slit SAXS optics with a multilayer mirror

SmartLab diffractometer allows the high-resolution XRD that includes Grazing Incidence Diffraction (GID), reflectivity (XRR), rocking curves, and reciprocal space mapping (RSM) measurements and analysis of thin films. Compared to powder XRD which allows first of all phase identification and structure analysis, the high-resolution XRD methods allow measurements of film thickness, film density, surface or interface roughness, film quality, complete film orientation, as well as strain state and strain distribution which is important for epitaxial thin films grown on solid substrates.

The Powder and High-Resolution X-Ray Diffraction facility is available to Penn faculty, staff and students, and to outside users on an hourly fee basis.

Instrument	Non-Penn academic users	Industrial users
Rigaku SmartLab SE	$6/hour	$100/hour or $1000/24-hour day
Rigaku SmartLab	$12/hour	$200/hour or $2000/24-hour day

There is no charge for initial training.

XRD Measurement Service is available at an additional 39% administrative fee to the total cost of service for outside users who are unable to visit the facility directly.

Facilities users must include the following text in the acknowledgment section of their publications:

“The authors acknowledge the use of the XRD facility supported by the Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter and the NSF through the University of Pennsylvania Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) DMR-2309043.”

Oversight Committee:

Thomas Mallouk

Christopher Murray

Eric Stach