2024-12-20 to 2025-01-02: Reduced Holiday Operations

Dear Birck Research Community,

The Purdue winter recess begins effective Friday afternoon December 20th and concludes Thursday morning, January 2. The university is officially closed during this time. As we have done in past years, the Birck Nanotechnology Center will remain available for research but will be unstaffed and hazardous gasses will be unavailable. Lab work may otherwise proceed, though any fume hood work must be done with someone else present in the same laboratory or cleanroom bay (the "buddy" system). Click the link above to get more detail about equipment conditions and rules.

Refer to the Material and Process Compatibility page for information on materials compatible with this tool.
Equipment Status: Set as UP, PROBLEM, or DOWN, and report the issue date (MM/DD) and a brief description. Italicized fields will be filled in by BNC Staff in response to issues. See Problem Reporting Guide for more info.

Status	UP
Issue Date and Description
Estimated Fix Date and Comment
Responding Staff

iLab Name	N/A
iLab Kiosk	N/A
FIC	Mukerrem Cakmak
Owner	Nicholas Glassmaker
Location	BRK 1100A

Overview

General Description

There are a range of tools available for particle processing in the roll-to-roll labs.

Ball mill / jar roller with spherical yttria-stabilized zirconia milling media for particle size reduction.
Sieves are used for particle sorting by size.
Centrifuge for separation of particles from liquid used during milling.
Thinky mixers for mixing particles with a viscous organic medium.
Three roll mill for exfoliating particle agglomerates in paste compositions.

Birck Nanotechnology Center Wiki

Particle Processing Tools

Overview

General Description

Specifications

Technology Overview

Sample Requirements and Preparation

Standard Operating Procedure

Questions & Troubleshooting

Process Library

References