TEMPO Facility

Formerly called the Chemistry Facility

Facility Director

seshadri [at] mrl [dot] ucsb [dot] edu (Professor Ram Seshadri)

Facility Manager

amanda [at] mrl [dot] ucsb [dot] edu (Amanda Strom)

The MRL TEMPO Laboratory has advanced instrumentation for the characterization of materials and chemical samples. We offer an extremely wide range of instrumentation for Thermal, Electronic/Elemental, Magnetic, Porosity, and Optical measurements.

This instrumentation is available to users from UCSB, other Universities, and Industry.

Training is available. We are now offering a testing service.

We have instrumentation for measuring the:

Thermal Properties of Samples

• TGA/TGA-MS
• DSC
• High Temp XRD
• PPMS

Electronic & Magnetic Properties of Samples

• PPMS
• DynaCool PPMS
• SQUID
• TGA

Elemental, Phase, & Evolved Gas Composition of Samples

• ICP
• XRD
• MS Accessory for TGA

Optical Properties of Samples

• UV-Vis-NIR Spectrometer
• Fluorimeter
• Olympus BX41 Fluorescence Microscope

Porosity, Surface Area, & Density of Samples

• TriStar BET Porosimeter
• Pycnometer

All instruments are available for responsible users to test their own samples. Training is offered quarterly for the more complex instruments and users may self train on the other instruments any time. There are specific insurance and liability requirements for off-campus facility users. They are described at this link: Non-UCSB Use of MRL Facilities

All people working in the TEMPO lab are required to follow good practice and to have already attended the UCSB EH&S Laboratory Safety Training.

Contact amanda [at] mrl [dot] ucsb [dot] edu (Amanda Strom) or 805-893-7925 for more information.