Facilities at Notre Dame

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Our experimental facilities provide detection and characterization of short-lived chemical intermediates (excited states and radical intermediates) which are selectively generated using short laser pulse or electron pulse. The detection limit range from subpicosecond to few millisecond timescale. In addition we have several inhouse experimental set ups that provide the basis for a wide range of investigations. Currently we have the state-of-the art facilities to conduct research in the areas of potochemical solar cells, photocatalysis, radiolysis, sonolysis, environmental remediation, electron transfer proceses, radical induced transformations and fuel cell. Following is a list of experimental techniques that we routinely employ in our investigations.












Spectroscopic Characterization
  • Femtosecond Pump-Probe Spectroscopy
  • Nanosecond Laser Flash Photolysis
  • Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (EELS)
  • Emmission Lifetime
  • Diffuse Reflectance/Absorption Spectroscopy
  • Fluorescence Upconversion
  • Raman Spectroscopy
  • Impedance Spectroscopy

Physical Characterization
  • Photovoltaic Characterization
  • Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM)
  • Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
  • Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) & Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM)
  • X-ray Diffraction (XRD)
  • Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDXS)
  • Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry