The following equipment is available in our lab:
- Fume hoods for synthesis work
- Analytical balances
- Top-loading balances
- Refrigerator
- Vacuum oven
- Drying oven
- Centrifuge
- Overhead mixers
- Hot press
- 4 dead-end pressure cells for membrane testing
- 1 cross-flow pressure cell for membrane testing
- Optical microscopes with cross-polarized attachments
- Tensiometer for interfacial tension measurements
- pH/conductivity meter
- ARES-G2 Rheometer (strain-controlled, TA Instruments) with rheo-dielectric spectroscopy capability
- Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy setup
- Drop shape analyzer for measuring interfacial dilatational rheology of surfactants
- UV-vis spectrometer
In addition, SMaRT group has access to facilities in other labs at the University of Oklahoma:
Thermal and Mechanical Characterization Lab
- Scattering and Particle Analysis Lab
- Spectroscopy Lab
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Facility
- Chromatography Lab
- Electrical Conductivity and Resistivity Lab
- Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) Lab
- Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) Lab
- Confocal and Multiphoton Microscopy Lab
- Surface Characterization Lab
- X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) Lab
- Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) Lab
- Rheology and Viscometry Lab
- Calorimetry Lab
- Dynamic Light Scattering and Zeta Potential Lab
- Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC) Facility
- Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) Lab
- UV-Vis and Fluorescence Spectroscopy Lab
In addition, SMaRT group has access to facilities in other labs outside the University of Oklahoma:
- Small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) instrument at University of Tulsa (NSF MRI-funded, brand not specified)
- SAXS access at Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT), Los Alamos National Lab (LANL), via active user proposal