Straus Group

Department of Chemistry, Tulane University

Equipment and Facilities

After 16 months, construction on our permanent lab space in 5071 Percival Stern Hall is finally complete.

Nearly complete lab renovation
5071 Stern laboratory mid-renovation
Mid-renovation photo of our laboratory (5071 Stern)
Roughing in electrical for our equipment
Making progress on lab renovation
Making progress on lab renovation
Making progress on lab renovation
Lab renovation nearly complete.
Lab renovation nearly complete.
The emptiest this room will ever be.
Glove box in its temporary home
Glove box in its temporary home
Glove box mid-reassembly
Glove box mid-reassembly in its permanent home
Glove box post-reassembly
Glove box post-reassembly
One major piece of equipment is our LC Technology Solutions glove box. It consists of two separate boxes, each with their own atmospheric purification system, which are connected by a large shared antechamber. Solvent use is allowed in the larger box, which is filled with nitrogen and equipped with a solvent removal system. Inside it is a UV-ozone cleaner and a spin-coating deposition tool. The smaller box is filled with argon, and no solvent use is allowed. It used to be located in a temporary space and was moved to its permanent home in September 2024.
Dynacool PPMS in the lab
The Quantum Design Dynacool PPMS is uncrated and awaiting professional installation. Once operational, it will allow us to characterize electronic, magnetic, and thermodynamic properties at temperatures from 1.8-400 K and at magnetic fields from 0 to ±9 T.
Panalytical Aeris benchtop powder X-ray diffractometer, which is still located in 401 Flower Hall.
Furnaces and ovens stacked on metal shelving
Tower of furnaces

Programmable spin-coating deposition system for thin film fabrication on a variety of substrates. This is the cleanest it will ever be.