Dr. ZhongYang (Z.-Y.) Cheng

Professor, Materials Engineering / Mechanical Engineering

275 Wilmore Lab, Auburn, AL 36849-5341

Phone: (334)844-3419,  Fax: (334)844-3400

 

Smart Materials and Structure Laboratory

 

Materials Preparation Equipments/Facilities

All equipments/facilities needed for typical ceramic process

 

Ball mill

Furnaces (RT to 1200 oC, RT to 1800 oC)

Tube Furnace

All equipments/facilities needed to prepare polymer/composite film

 

Solution cast

Spin coating

Extrusion

Injection Molding

Magnetic stirs and hot stages

Ovens

All equipments/facilities needed for various thin film depositions

 

Spin coating

DC sputtering

Thermal evaporation

RF/Magnetic sputtering

Electrochemical deposition

Properties Characterization/Measurement Equipments/Instruments

 Dielectric

 

 Ferroelectric

 

 Piezoelectric / Electrostrictive

 

 Magnetostrictive

 

 Thermal-electric

 

 Pyroelectric

 

 General Instrument

 

 

Structure Characterization Equipments/Facilities

 SEM

 

 X-ray Diffraction

 

 TEM

 

 FTIR

 

 AFM

 

 DSC