Laboratory
Laboratory
Our new 1,800 ft² laboratory in the Science and Technology Center at 4 Colby Street, Medford, MA, on the Medford/Somerville campus of Tufts University, opens in June 2027, in time for our first cohort of students and postdocs. It is being designed from the ground up around our research, with state-of-the-art instruments for materials synthesis, characterization, process scale-up, and system-level testing, supported by dedicated fume hoods, glove boxes, and a fully equipped darkroom.
Experimental capabilities
Capabilities the group has developed over two decades and is bringing to Tufts.
Materials synthesis and manufacturing
- Synthesis of oxides and ceramics for energy applications
- Sol-gel synthesis of films and monoliths
- High-temperature and controlled-atmosphere material processing
- Additive manufacturing
- Process scale-up and system-level testing
Electrochemical characterization
- Assembly of electrodes, coin cells, and pouch cells for batteries and supercapacitors
- Galvanostatic cycling, cyclic voltammetry, and impedance spectroscopy
- Operando isothermal calorimetry and potentiometric entropy
- Ion transport properties and reaction kinetics
Thermal characterization
From 2 K to > 400 K
- Specific heat and enthalpy of phase change
- Coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE)
- Thermal conductivity
Optical characterization
- Optical constants and scattering measurements
- Radiation characteristics of particle suspensions
- Spectral transmittance and reflectance of films and slabs
- Opaque surface emissivity
Modeling and simulation
Continuum models of ion transport and heat generation in electrochemical devicesMolecular dynamics of nanoporous materialsElectromagnetic scattering (T-matrix, Lorenz–Mie, discrete dipole) for particles and aggregatesMonte Carlo ray tracing and radiative transfer solversThermal and mechanical modeling of composites