W.M. Keck Foundation Laboratory
An affiliated facility is the W.M. Keck Foundation Laboratory "Electro-hydrodynamics of suspensions (Co-Directors: Profs. Andreas Acrivos, Nadine Aubry, Boris Khusid). The W.M. Keck Lab features a unique combination of analytical instrumentation permitting characterization of samples with nano-scale resolution.
The following table summarizes the capabilities of the instrumentation available in the Keck Laboratory.
Instrumentation & Applications - Keck Laboratory
| Dielectric Spectrometer, BDS-80, Novocontrol | Electrical polarization & conductivity, molecular relaxation, structure transformations, phase transitions |
| Atomic Force Microscope, NanoScope IIIA/ Multimode Scanning Probe for Tapping Mode and Electrochemistry, Digital Instruments | Interparticle interactions, binding & electrostatic forces, micro-elasticity & viscosity, liquid-solid interface |
| Near-Field-Optic-Microscope, TwinSNOM, Omicron Instrument | Imaging molecules, particle morphology, surface topography, adsorption |
| Particle Counters,LS230 and N+ , Beckman-Coulter | Particle size, aggregation, cluster structure |
| 3-D Particle Image Velocimetry | Flow visualization, particle positions & velocities |