Facilities
Material Preparation and Characterization
- Hitachi SU-70 cold field emission SEM with EDS and electron beam lithography system
- JEOL JSM 5610-LV SEM with Oxford EDS
- Veeco IKONtm AFM system (used for both AFM and MFM studies)
- ESCAlab 250 X-ray photoelectron spectrometer
- Anton Parr SAXSESS small angle x-ray scattering system
- PANalytical XRD system
- Zeiss Libra 120 TEM
- Quantum Design Versalab VSM
- Various DC and RF sputtering systems
- Temperature variable Atomic and Magnetic Force Microscope
- Atomic Layer Deposition
- MRC 603 Sputtering System
- Dual E-beam/Thermal Evaporator
- Environment-controlled glove boxes
- Spin coaters and other sample preparation facilities
- Dynacool, 9 tesla magnetometer with heat capacity, transport, pressure and magnetooptical options with a temp range from 1.9K to 1000K
Neural Engineering Facilities at Dr. Hadimani's Lab
- FDA approved Magstim BiStim Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Devices (TMS)
- Magstim super rapid Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Devices (TMS)
- High performance computing for MRI image analysis and TMS modelling
- Environment controlled glove boxes
- Custom built magnetocaloric refrigeration system
- spin coating device
- 3D printer: Ultimaker 3.0
- 3D cartesian servo stage for magnetic field profiling
- Various power supplies, oscilloscopes, Sim4Life, COMSOL and ANSYS FEM software.
Neural Engineering Facilities at VCU
- FDA approved Neurostar stimulator
- FDA approved Brainsway Stimulator
- Neuronavigation Systems
- Nextim stimulator
- TMS compatible electroencephalogram (EEG)
- 3T large bore MRI and 7T MRI systems
- Optogenetic facilities
- Microelectrode recording of neuron firing in small animals