Lab
On this page I am documenting my lab development. The main part of the lab will be devoted to synthesis with pulsed laser deposition systems, solid-state synthesis equipment, post-processing ares and a mini cleanroom. We're also going to have a low temperature measurement lab with a 14 Tesla magnet.
31st October 2024
New blinds, new Lista drawers, tables, a mini clean room! And even a floor underneath!
4th October 2024
Walls are in place. Next steps are floor and ceiling (I guess, but I am not an expert). Photos are, from left to right, the future group office, the place where the 14 Tesla magnet will go, and the window between the synthesis lab and the characterisation lab.
6th September 2024
The walls are beginning to be constructed but, for now, you can still walk through them.
2nd May 2024
Demolition is finished, there are no internal walls anymore. So much room for activities! I never expected to have a lab with windows so one with floor-to-ceiling windows is *really* nice.
22nd April 2024
I want quite an open space with as much natural light as possible so my team got straight to work by taking down the internal walls. I also didn't want a dropped ceiling so that's gone too and it won't be coming back (ask me one day where my strong feelings on this topic come from). Here I also put a map of where the lab will be, on the ground floor of the Catalysis Center. The star marks Cook Hall, where the MSE Department office is located, and where my own office will be. Through a series of bridges I don't even have to go outside to get between the lab and the office!
22nd March 2024
I'll be taking over a space that was the lab of Laurie Marks for many many years. Turning an electron microscopy lab into a synthesis/magnet lab is going to be a big challenge but I have a great team. First step was to empty out all the old equipment, only large things remain that have to be removed by specialists.
