Research Facilities

• WestGrid video conference room - one of the WestGrid-SFU Facilities
• TRIUMF laboratory for particle and nuclear physics
• PCAMM advanced materials and microstructures
• PNCSRF Pacific Northwest Consortium Synchrotron Radiation Facility
• MOCVD metal-organic chemical vapour deposition
• Nanoimaging Facility electron and scanning probe microscopy
• 4D Labs advanced materials and nanoscale devices

Departmental Tools and Resources

• Laue X-Ray Diffractometer crystal orientation for polishing or measurement
• Siemens X-Ray Diffractometer (D5000) layered materials, powders, structural analysis, phase identification
• Vacuum Evaporators deposition of metal thin films
• Furnaces high temperature furnaces
• Student Machine Shop milling machine, lathes, drill presses
• Spark Cutter electric discharge machining
• Polishers mechanical polishing
• Liquid Nitrogen Filling Station liquid nitrogen for lab/teaching use
• Liquid Helium Receiving pickup/delivery of helium dewars
• Carbon Coater coating of SEM samples