Li Laboratory
The Li Laboratory is housed in the Engineering Center (ECNW 1B50A and 1B50) on the main campus of the University of Colorado Boulder. ECNW 1B50 is a huge shared laboratory, with half the space allocated to the Li lab. ECNW 1B50 includes seven wet benches for material processing and two fully equipped fume hoods that support most chemical synthesis and solvent-based workflows. ECNW 1B50A houses the lab’s advanced manufacturing and prototyping infrastructures, including a nanolithography system and multiple 3D printers.
Li Lab Overview
1B50 - Li lab side
1B50 - Li lab side
1B50A - Li lab
Major Equipment
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A polymer pen lithography (PPL) system (M Series contact printer, TERA-print LLC.) enabling scalable, parallel direct writing of micro-/nanoscale features via contact printing at nanoscale resolution and high throughput.
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Two high-voltage power supplies providing up to 0–20 kV, supporting field-assisted processing and electrical conditioning/poling workflows.
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An ultrasound therapy unit for providing ultrasonication stimulation with a wide range of frequency and power intensity, supporting the nanoparticle activation and actuation.
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Multiple 3D printers, three customized pellet printers, one four-head printer, two DLP printers, and one pneumatic bioprinter.
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A Berlincourt Piezo d33 meter;
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Multiple high-precision electrometers ;
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Multiple oscilloscopes for time-resolved signal acquisition.
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The lab also builds a customized mechanical actuation platform comprising a high-frequency exciter, high-power amplifier, and a function generator.
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A muffle furnace (up to 1200 °C) supporting thermal treatment, materials synthesis, and sintering processes.
Others:
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an oven, a ball milling, four hot plates; one fridge; one centrifuge; one optical microscope; one mixer; one vortex; one hot press and one drill press; a computer station
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Public facility cores
Colorado Shared Instrumentation in Nanofabrication and Characterization (COSINC) Core: The COSINC core provides access to state-of-the-art equipment in the areas of micro and nanofabrication, nanomaterials characterization and metrology, including atomic force microscope (AFM), scanning electron microscope (SEM) , thin film X-ray diffraction (XRD) (Rigaku SmartLab), and many other facilities.
Light Microscopy Core Facility (LMCF): The Light Microscopy Core Facility at Porter Biosciences offers advanced optical imaging platforms for fluorescence, confocal, multiphoton, and live-cell microscopy. This facility provides two-photon microscopy for second harmonic generation characterization, and multiple confocal microscopes for live-cell imaging.
Electron Microscopy Service Core: The Electron Microscopy Service Core at CU Boulder provides advanced electron microscopy capabilities.
BioChemistry Krios Electron Microscopy (BioKEM) Facility: The BioKEM Cryo-EM Facility houses advanced cryogenic electron microscopy platforms, including Titan Krios and Glacios systems, for high-resolution structural characterization at the nanoscale.
