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Netzsch STA 449 simultaneous thermal analyzer (thermogravimetric analyzer and differential scanning calorimeter), coupled with Bruker Tensor 27 FT-IR and Netzch QMS-403C mass-selective detection.
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Solartron 1260 potentiostat and frequency analyzers, Solartron 1250 frequency analyzer for impedance spectroscopy, and Solartron 1296 dielectric interface.
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Micromeritics ASAP 2010 Accelerated Surface Area and Porosimetry System and Chemisorption Analyzer to determine the physisorptive and chemisorptive nature of nanoscale mesoporous solids.
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Micromeritics 2010A Chemisorption Controller and Temperature - Programmed Desorption Analyzer to determine the chemisorptive nature of nanoscale mesoporous solids.
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Shimadzu gas chromatograph with FID and TCD detection.
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Phillips OmniStar Benchtop residual gas analyzer.
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1000-W Hg arc lamp (with appropriate neutral density, cut-off, and infrared filters).
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Micromeritics AccuPyc 1330 He pycnometer to determine the skeletal density of porous solids.
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Agilent 8453 UV–Visible photodiode array.
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Fisons Critical-Point Dryers (three) for liquid and supercritical CO2 processing of gels; ancillary circulators and chillers.
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CEM Mars 5 microwave synthetic reactor.
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Varian 3400 GC-Finnegan ion-trap mass spectrometer for molecular identification.
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SpectraTech Infrared microscope.
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LeCroy 9400 digital oscilloscopes.
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Potentiostats; multichannel, high-current (5 A) cyclers; wave-function generators; rotating ring-disc electrode apparatus with hydrodynamic modulation capability, electrode polishing equipment; power supplies (>100 V @ 1.5 A); parallel-plateflow and toroidal dispersion reactors; ball-milling equipment
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Barnstead NanoPure water purifier.
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Vacuum Atmospheres Ar-filled glove box.
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Lindberg tube furnaces; muffle furnaces; vacuum ovens.
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Analytical facilities (within the branch, the division, and the laboratory) available to this effort with operator status include- Scanning Electron (SEM), Transmission Electron (TEM), and Atomic Force probe (AFM) Microscopy; X-ray Diffractometer; X-ray Photoelectron (XPS), microprobe Raman, and Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Absorption (ICP) spectrometers; profilometers; lithography equipment; thermal analyzers; and IR diffuse-reflection, fluorescence, and FTIR spectrometers.
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External collaborations involve structural characterizations using Small-Angle Neutron Scattering, Transmission Electron Microscopy, X-ray diffraction, magnetic susceptibility, Mössbauer spectroscopy, neutron diffraction, and X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (for XANES, and EXAFS).
