Collection of useful resources that Shannon and his group have compiled. These can be helpful for finding something you need whether you are a member of the group or not.
Professional Development
Excellent resources for developing your aspirations. All lab members should read this document and develop an individual plan for their success.
Running a Research Group
Grant Application Information
Databases, diagrams, calculators
Vapor Pressures from 0.2 to 101 kPa
Inorganic Crystal Structure Database: comprehensive database of crystalline compounds (UO campus site license)
Alloy Phase Diagrams Database: very useful for ternary compounds (UO campus site license)
Optical constant (n,k) of a large number of materials
Web Mineral – good database for mineral properties including visualization and crystal structure
Database of tabulated optical constants
Absorption coefficients for common semiconductors
NIST searchable database of X-ray Transition Energies
International Union of Crystallography Teaching Modules
VESTA free program for crystal structure visualization
Brittany Spears Guide to Semiconductor Physics
Listing of Common Crystal Lattice Types
Mineral Crystal Structure Database
COD – Open Source Crystal Structure Database
RasMol – An open source viewer compatible with the above Open Source Crystal Database
Software to Calculate Pourbaix (potential – pH) diagrams
Evaporation Tables from Kurt Lesker << Doesn’t work in Google Chrome. This does. >> BYU cleanroom evaporation tables
Database of Phase diagrams and here
Rare Earth Elements—Critical Resources for High Technology Whats left on the planet for us to use?
Energy Links
Basic Research Needs in Energy These detailed reports were generated by a series of Department of Energy Basic Energy Sciences Workshops. They provide some insight into what scientists see as the most important research questions to pursue related to energy. These could be good starting points for independent proposals.
Science and Materials for Energy Symposium American Physical Society Talks on Energy
Solar Buzz Up-to-date information and news about the solar industry.
Nate Lewis on NPR Realistic analysis about the challenge of getting 80% of our electricity from renewable sources.
Energy Presentations from Nate Lewis Good introduction for a scientific audience into the challenges of revamping the global energy economy.
E-Book References and Tutorials
Supplies
Technical Glass Products our source for quartz tubes and slides etc
Kurt J. Lesker vacuum system parts, thermal evaporation materials
Alfa-Aesar Cheap chemicals
TCI Chemicals Cheap chemicals
McMaster-Carr Parts, raw materials, machining stuff, awesome website
Fischer Scientific Free delivery, general scientific supplies