Silicone Microlens: Convert your cell phone into a microscope
A small silicone rubber lens that can be adhered to your cell phone camera, converting it into a microscope. Developed by Seth Mclaughlin, Sachel Jetly, Claire Chen, Hannah Chen, Nathan Han, Keying Deng, and Eileen Huffer-Ege, who were trainees in the 2021 and 2022 Summer School for Silicon Nanotechnology (SSSiN), one of the Research Immersion in Materials Science and Engineering (RIMSE) programs of the UC San Diego MRSEC.
The Roving Spectrometer: Remote training on use and applications of an optical spectrometer
Developed by Claire Zhang (left) in response to the coronavirus pandemic in Summer 2020, each Roving Spectrometer consists of a backpack that contains a miniature spectrometer, optical fibers, lenses, sample stage, light sources, and the ancillary components needed to perform optical reflectance, diffuse reflectance, and photoluminescence measurements on various solid samples. The kit also contains representative samples to support the training experiments. This became so popular we integrated it into the MRSEC Lending Library and the Summer School for Silicon Nanotechnology (SSSiN), one of the Research Immersion in Materials Science and Engineering (RIMSE) programs of the UC San Diego MRSEC.