The Surface Lab in 131 VanderWerf Hall has all the equipment necessary for electrochemical analysis and sample fabrication. The heart of the lab is a BAS Epsilon Electrochemical Workstation and Cell Stand. A custom electrochemical cell was designed for using wafer samples as the working electrode.

Electrochemical Workstation and Sample Preparation Area

BAS Epsilon Electrochemical Workstation and Cell Stand

Teflon Electrochemical Cell

The Surface Lab also collaborates with other labs. We use the particle-induced x-ray emission (PIXE) capabilities at the Hope College Ion Beam Analysis Laboratory for elemental characterization of samples. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) measurements of the morphology of electrodeposited samples is done in collaboration with Erin Flater at Luther College and Kumar Sinniah at Calvin College.

John Ouma and Tim Boman use the AFM at Calvin College