Capabilities and
Equipment
JVIC’s CASE department operates and maintains the following equipment and facilities, allowing them to work on projects in the areas of product development, equipment and product prototyping, as well as fundamental research.
Microscopy
JEOL 7600F FESEM/STEM with EDS/EBSD/SXES
Bruker Dimension Icon AFM
Olympus LEXT OLS5000 Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope
Keyence Digital Microscope VHX 600 LM
Keyence VR-5200 Wide Area 3D Measurement System
JEOL Model SM-09010(CP) Cross-Sectional Polisher
Leica EM ACE600 Sputter Coater
Tousimis Autosamdri-815 Critical Point Dryer
Materials Deposition
CHA Industries Solution E‐beam Evaporator
Semicore SC-450 Sputter Coater, RF and DC
SonoTek Exactacoat XYZ Ultrasonic Spay Coating System
PlanarTech TCVD-50B Dual Furnace CVD system
Arradiance GEMStar XT-DP Thermal/Plasma Enhanced ALD
Microlithography
600 sqft of class 100 cleanroom space
SUSS MABA6 Gen4 Mask Aligner
Heidelberg µPG 101 Maskless Lithography System
AutoGlow 200 Plasma Etcher
YES 450C PB High Temperature Vacuum Cure Oven
Novascan 6 inch UV/Ozone System
CEE Model 1010 Hotplate
CEE Model 100CB Spin-Coater / Hotplate
Laurell Technologies WS-650Mz-23NPP Spin-coater
Wet bench for photo resist development & chemical etching
Composites & Mechanical Testing
64 carrier prepreg braiding system with mandrel transport system
Composites autoclave 1.5′ diameter, 3′ length, 160 PSI, 500°F
Composites autoclave 3′ diameter, 5′ length, 150 PSI, 450°F
Carbon fiber re-winder
Freezers, layup table, bagging materials
Characterization
Bruker DektakXT Stylus Profilometer
J A Woolham M-2000 DI Spectroscopic Ellipsometer
Filmetrics F50 Spectral Reflectance Automated Film Thickness Mapper
Magritek Spinsolve 80 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance System
Princeton Instruments Fergie BRX Raman Spectrometer
Agilent 4294A Precision Impedance Analyzer
Q-labs Q-SUN XE-1 Xenon Test Chamber
ThermoFisher Nexsa XPS/UPS/RHEELS/ISS/Raman
SUSS MicroTec PM5 Manual Analytical Probe Station
Janis Research 9TL-VRTB30 9T Cryogen Free Superconducting Magnet System
Janis STVP-300 Cryostat (1.4K – 300K)
Keithley Model 4200-SCS Semiconductor Characterization System
Thermo Fischer iCAPTM 7400 Duo ICP-OES
Thermo Fischer Dionex Integrion Ion Chromatography
Colloid Metrix NANO-flex® II / Stabino® II Dynamic Light Scattering
Bruker D2 Phaser Benchtop X-Ray Diffaction
Microvacuum eQCM-I Quartz Crystal Microbalance
AMETEK Brookfield DV-III ULTRA Rheometer
Shimadzu UV-3600 UV-Vis-NIR Spectrometer
Gamry Instruments Interface 1010E Potentiostat/Galvanostat/ZRA
Shimadzu Nexera 40 Series HPLC System
Shimadzu RF-6000 Fluorescence Spectrophotometer
Rigaku NANOHUNTER II Benchtop TXRF Spectrometer
Thermo Scientific Nicolet iS50 FTIR Spectrometer
TA Instruments TGA550 Thermogravimetric Analyzer
TA Instruments HR20 Discovery Hybrid Rheometer
Prototyping and Fabrication
Oxford DP50‐532 Laser Micro Machining System
LPKF Protolaser S4 PCB Rapid Prototyping
Mitutoyo QS-250Z Quick Scope Vision Measuring System
HASS VF-3YT Vertical Machining Center
ROMER Absolute Arm w/scanner 7730 SI
AON3D AON-M2 High-Temperature Industrial 3D Printer
Bambu Lab X1-Carbon Combo
Stratasys Fortus 450MC Gen II 3D Printer
Machine Shop (end mill, lathe, drill press, CNC router, welding, etc.)
Electronics (software – hardware – device integration)