Equipment
Listed below are the major microscopes, ancillary equipment, and facilities available to users of the Microscopy Suite. Click the equipment name for more information on each piece of equipment.
Please be aware that the ITG staff cannot respond to questions about particular pieces of equipment or software packages unless those questions are related to research conducted in the ITG laboratories. The ITG does not sell, lease, or distribute equipment or software, save that clearly marked as developed by the ITG.
Equipment
Micro-Spectroscopy Workstation
The Micro-Spectroscopy Workstation is capable of providing both spectroscopic measurements and microscopic imaging of samples from functional nanomaterials to thin films to proteins. Built upon a Zeiss Axio Observer D1 inverted microscope, the workstation is equipped with two incident-light halogen lamp illuminators, a 100-Watt Hg lamp, and a Zeiss AxioCam MRC color CCD camera. In addition, three optical spectrometers, coupled to the microscope via multi-mode fiber optics, are available for micro-spectroscopic characterization (transmission, absorption, reflection, and fluorescence) with emission spectra ranging from UV-Vis (300-900 nm) to NIR (900-1700 nm). A dark-field condenser attached to the microscope is especially useful for studying the optical properties of nanomaterials through surface plasmon spectroscopy.
Features
- AxioCam MRC color CCD camera: 1.4 megapixels, with a pixel size of 6.45 x 6.45 µm
- Silicon PDA spectrometer (300-900 nm); NIR 128-element InGaAs array spectrometer (900-1700 nm); CCD thermoelectrically cooled high-sensitivity spectrometer (420-780 nm)
- Brightfield, phase contrast, darkfield, and fluorescence microscopy
- Absorption, transmission, reflection spectroscopy from UV-Vis to NIR
For additional information about this piece of equipment, see the Calendars, Contacts, and Fees pages.
| Primary Contacts | |
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| Secondary Contacts | |
| Manufacturer | Carl Zeiss, Inc. |
| Equipment Model | Axio Observer D1 Inverted Microscope |
| Location | B606 I |
| Phone Numbers | (217) 333-4387, (217) 265-5071, (217) 265-0875 |
Facilities
Wet Lab - B612
Bench space, fume hood, some chemicals and solvents, dual source metal evaporator, pH meter, dissecting scope, microbalance, glow discharge system, reverse osmosis water purification system, sonicator, sputter coater, critical point dryer, low speed bone saw, osmium plasma coater, and other equipment.
BL-2 Lab - B420
Bench space, biosafety cabinet for sample manipulations, centrifuge, and two incubators for short-term sample storage.
Microscopy Suite
405 North Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL
61801 USA
(217) 300-0566