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Other Shared Scientific Infrastructure
We use shared scientific instrumentation within the CUNY Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC), CCNY’s Core Scientific Facilities, and CCNY’s Department of Chemical Engineering.
CUNY Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC)
Located on CCNY campus, the ASRC is a 200,000-square-foot building that has world-class shared scientific research infrastructure. A complete list of all scientific facilities can be found here. In addition to the ASRC NMR Lab, of which we are core users and stewards, we often use the ASRC Surface Science Facility and the ASRC Imaging Facility.
Surface Science Facility
The ASRC Surface Science Facility offers state-of-the-art surface analysis instrumentation including X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS). Our team uses surface science techniques to characterize the electrochemical interphases of battery electrodes.
Imaging Facility
The ASRC Imaging Facility has cutting-edge microscopy instrumentationincluding transmission electron microscopes with cryo capabilities (cryoTEM, S/TEM), as well as a scanning electron microscope with focused ion beam functionality (SEM/FIB) and a super-resolution confocal stimulated emission depletion microscope (STED). The SEM images can be acquired with chemical mapping by energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) for surface chemical analyses. Our team uses TEM, SEM/FIB, and SEM with EDX to characterize the nanoscale structures, surface morphologies, and surface chemistries of battery electrode materials, and sometimes, chemical reaction products.
CCNY & ChE Shared Scientific Facilities
In addition to Prof. Messinger’s electrochemical lab, the ASRC and CCNY NMR labs, and the CUNY ASRC facilities, we have access to CCNY’s Core Scientific Facilities as well as the Department of Chemical Engineering shared facilities. For example, we often use X-ray diffraction (XRD) to characterize the crystal structures of materials, differential scanning calorimeters (DSC) to measure thermodynamic phase changes, and rheometers to measure the rheology of electrolytes and multi-phase fluids.
Phone: +1 (212) 650-8204
Fax: +1 (212) 650-8013
The City College of New York
Grove School of Engineering
Steinman Hall, Room 327
160 Convent Ave
New York, NY 10031
rmessinger@ccny.cuny.edu