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The Molecular Materials Resource Center is located in the Beckman Institute

• Kratos XPS is online
• Dimension Icon AFM is online

XPS Spectrometers (B223) Surf. Sci. M-Probe ESCA Kratos Ultra XPS,UPS, ISS UHV Temp Prog. Desorption XPS Software	High Vacuum Techniques (B223) HREELS LEED/Auger UHV Temp Prog. Desorption	Information on how to become an MMRC Instrument user and hourly instrumentation charges for MMRC instruments are shown on the MMRC website. Typical acknowledgement for work done on the MMRC instruments. Information on personnel.
Scanning Probe & Profilometry (B219) Atomic Force Microscope Bruker Dimension Icon Bruker MultiMode-8 Asylum MFP-3D STM and EC-STM Digital MultiMode NSOM Witec α-SNOM DektakXT Profilometer	Optical Techniques (B221) Nicolet 6700 FTIR with surface attachments Cary 5000 UV-vis-NIR with Integ. Sphere Witec α-SNOM Contact Angle Goniometer Stark Spectrometer Agilent 8453 Uv-Vis HP 8452 UV-vis Spectra Radiometer
Electrochemical Techniques Potentiostats: BAS 100, Gamry, AutoLab, Biologic Pine RDE-3 - - - - - - - - - High Speed Pstat: Autolab EC-QCM: Gamry Ref 600 Bipstat: Biologic SP300 Pine Bipotentiostat SECM: CH Instruments	Other Techniques Opt. Floating Zone Furnace (B225) Cahn Microbalance C-35 (B219) Carbolite 3 Zone Furnace (B221) LB Trough (B221) Stopped Flow Spectrometer Poster Printer (B219)
Others Other Instruments Resources MBraun Glove Box Vac-Atm Flow Box Em-500 Microscope Camera AmScope Microscope Camera	Safety Other Equipment Vacuum Pumps and gages Safety and Emrg Info Serial numbers

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 Graduate Laboratory Assistant (GLA) in charge of the instrument for training. The XPSs, HREELS, and Dimension Icon AFM instruments have special requirements. Full description of how to become a user is here. GLAs for each instrument are list on the webpage for that instrument. You will also be require to complete MMRC Safety training. Charges for usage of MMRC instruments are shown here and users must supply a PTA number for charges. After completing the safety and instrument training, researchers will be approved to reserve time on that instrument through the online instrument scheduling program.

Only approved users are allowed to use MMRC instruments.

MMRC Acknowledgment

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

MMRC Personnel