Undergraduate research positions.

Students interested in learning about mechanochemistry, solid-state reactivity, and in situ monitoring of mechanochemical reactions in a ball mill are welcome to contact me for further information. Email: spagola@odu.edu.

Experimental techniques and laboratory skills for you to develop:

• Mechanochemical syntheses in ball mills by liquid-assisted grinding.
• In situ monitoring of mechanochemical reaction kinetics using Raman spectroscopy (measurements from a ball mill while the reactions occur).
• X-ray powder diffraction for the identification of crystalline phases and quantitative phase analysis (for the study of mechanochemical reaction kinetics).
• Single-crystal X-ray diffraction and crystal growth.
• Synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction for crystal structure determination from powders.
• FT-IR spectroscopy, thermogravimetry, optical microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, etc. for the characterization of the solid-state properties of new materials.

For a summary of research topics see here.