Molecular Materials Research Center

The Beckman Institute of the California Institute of Technology

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For information on the MMRC's mission, the Center's facilities, how to use MMRC instruments how to acknowledge work done in the MMRC, and the personnel of the center, click on the appropriate link.


MMRC Mission

The mission of the MMRC is to foster cutting-edge interdisciplinary research in the area of chemistry, surface science, and materials and to provide advanced instrumentation in these areas to the Caltech communities. The Center brings together students and investigators from diverse scientific backgrounds to carryout research. The MMRC provides the Caltech community with routine access to state-of-the-art instrumentation for materials characterization and surface analysis. The center has wet chemistry laboratories where synthesis of materials and combinations of materials with unique and desirable properties are carried out.

Current emphasis of the Research Center is on materials and devices useful in artificial photosynthesis and solar energy conversion, electroactive compounds, unique nonlinear optical materials, devices capable of detecting volatile organic chemicals, surface science methods to probe the chemistry of solids, and characterization of magnetic materials ranging from asteroids to nanomaterials.

Researchers who would like to make use the Center's instruments need to contact the Laboratory assistant in charge of the instrument for training. Lab Assistants for each instrument are list on the webpage for that instrument. You will also be require to complete MMRC Safety training If you have already completed CCE safety training you will only need to view the MMRC Safety Slides. After completing the safety and instrument training, researchers will be able to reserve time on an instrument through the online instrument scheduling program. Only trained users are allowed to use MMRC instruments.

MMRC Acknowledgment

We ask you to acknowledge the MMRC in publications that include data obtained from work in MMRC laboratories or on MMRC instrumentation. Please include an acknowledgement similar to these:

MMRC Personnel

Bruce S. Brunschwig MBI
Nathan S. Lewis, PI
Rick Jackson, Secretary

Faculty

Frances Arnold
Harry Atwater
John Bercaw
Harry Gray
Julia Kornfield
David Tirrell