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The easy Lab (~800 sq. ft.) houses state-of-the-art equipment for conducting research in the area of high-precision control and modeling of electroactive-material systems for nano/bio technology and advanced nanopositioning systems.

 

The EASY Lab is located in Room 6 of the Palmer Engineering (PE 050) building on the main UNR campus.  A map of the UNR campus can be found here (location I5 on the map).  Vistors are welcome -- please contact Dr. Leang to schedule a visit.

 

 

Laboratory Research Equipment and Software



NanoSurf easyScan 2 AFM
(with signal access module)

easyLab custom-made AFM system
Range: 60x60x7 microns
Mechanical Resonances: 700 Hz in x, 500 Hz in y and >50kHz in z.

Custom-design high-performance multi-axis nanopositioning systems.  For more info, see our nanopositioners page
     

Polytec CLV-1000 laser vibrometer (with CLV-800-vf40 laser unit)

Trek high-voltage amplifiers
(models PZD603-2 and PZD350A-2)

Three vibration isolation tables:
A Kinetic Systems table (4'x8')
and two Newport tables (4'x8')
     

PiezoDrive high-performance piezo voltage amplifiers (by Dr. Andrew J. Fleming, Univ. of Newcastle Australia, see datasheet)


ADE Technologies Microsense II 5300 4-channel sub-nanometer capacitive displacement
sensing system

Kaman nano-resolution inductive displacement sensors
     

National Instruments general purpose data acquisition boards

National Instruments PCI-6115
(12-Bit, 10 MS/s/ch, simultaneous-sampling multifunction DAQ)

Micro-Epsilon non-contact laser displacement sensor
(optoNCDT 1401)
     

Lab Line temperature
controlled shaker bath

Misonix Aura 550
portable fume hood

Acopian high-voltage (200 V)
DC power supplies
     

Custom-designed portable three-axis CNC milling machine based on spectraLIGHT 0200 platform for prototype production


Essential test equipment:
oscilloscopes, power supplies, multimeters, signal generators

Stanford Research Systems SR785 dynamic signal analyzer
     

Stero microscope with 80-LED compact ring light and 3M color digital camera

Custom-designed multi-channel class B voltage/current amplifiers for driving active material actuators

Custom-design PID feedback control board with feedforward loop
     

Sieko SII Nanopics 2100 AFM

Essential hand tools for creating test fixtures and prototypes
 
     

Solidworks 3-D CAD, modeling, and finite element analysis software

Matlab software; xPC Target
     

 

 
 
 

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