The microscopy lab funded by EPSCoR and housed in the Department of Chemistry at OSU has been closed.  The instruments have been relocated.  All are still available for users from OSU and statewide.

The Scanning Probe Microscope (SPM), Digital Instruments (Veeco Metrology Goup) Multimode IIIa with Application Module is now located at the OSU Electron Microscopy lab.  The SPM was upgraded for elevated temperature experiments and with a liquids sample cell within the last year.  For assistance, training and use contact Dr. Susheng Tan, 405-744-3013, email tsushen@okstate.edu.  User fees and policies for use for the forseeable future will remain the same as they were in the Department of Chemistry.

Scanning Near-field Optical Microscope (SNOM): Witec a-SNOM, was moved to the University of Tulsa two years ago.  It is under the supervision of Dr. Ken Roberts in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and has been upgraded with electronic absorption and Raman spectroscopy capabilities.  Contact Dr. Roberts for more information.  Email kproberts@utulsa.edu

Computer-enhanced Optical Microscope: Leica Microsystems DMIRB, has been moved to the research laboratory of Dr. Bret Flanders in the OSU Department of Physics.  Dr. Flanders has a second Leica microscope of the same model but with a different video camera and a different set of objective lenses.  He is willing to help other researchers to use the NanoNet microscope.   Email flandeb@okstate.edu

Particle Size Analyzer: Malvern Instruments High Performance Particle Sizer, has been moved to the Department of Chemistry Undergraduate Teaching Laboratory in the Physical Sciences Building room 315.  Dr. Asfaha Iob is now in charge of the instrument.  Email iob@okstate.edu, phone 405-744-8895

The reason for closure of the microscopy lab is that our Manager, Dr. Susheng Tan, has taken a job full time with the OSU Electron Microscopy facility, located in the Venture 1 building at the Stillwater Technology Park.  Dr. Tan now will have the security of a regular OSU appointment rather than face the uncertainty of reappointment whenever grants and contracts are coming to an end.  His new appointment is a step forward for the support of materials research at OSU, because before him the Electron Microscopy Laboratory had staff expertise only for biological samples.  His appointment to a permanent position also satisfies a goal of our original grant from NSF EPSCoR: to improve permanently, independent of EPSCoR support, the research infrastructure for nanotechnology at Oklahoma universities.