Unique Amorphous and Aperiodic Facilities:

High purity materials synthesis facilities within the Materials Preparation Center
L.L. Jones

Controlled environment melt spinning system equipped with a CCD vision and diagnostic package for observing liquid/solid interfaces and measuring temperatures
M.J. Kramer

Atomization systems to obtain rapidly solidified powders ranging from 1mm to 1000mm in diameter
I.E. Anderson

Solid-state synthesis facilities to obtain amorphous powders in controlled environments
D.J. Sordelet

Crystal growth capabilities to prepare large, single-grain quasicrystal samples
T.A. Lograsso

High temperature x-ray diffraction system to couple with synchrotron X-ray and neutron sources. Currently part of the MU-CAT at the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory.
M.J. Kramer and D.J. Sordelet

Ultrasonic equipment to study phase transformations in amorphous systems
D.Barnard

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