Gonzalez Materials Laboratory (CSH-013)
Gonzalez Materials Laboratory is documented in the DePaul Resource Map as center at DePaul University, College of Science and Health, Physics and Astrophysics / Materials Science, Lincoln Park (Byrne Hall 114 lab; 216 office). Documentation is partial or indirect, so the listing is treated as likely current. Faculty materials-science research laboratory for synthesis and structural characterization of transparent conducting oxides, hydroxyapatite (synthetic bone), and complex oxides. Capabilities include in situ high-temperature x-ray diffraction, pair-distribution function (PDF) analysis, and electrical characterization. Access: 🟡 Yellow — Needs an appointment or affiliation.
Summary 🟡 ~
- College / school: College of Science and Health
- Sub-unit: Physics and Astrophysics / Materials Science
- Campus/Location: Lincoln Park (Byrne Hall 114 lab; 216 office)
- Last Verified: July 1, 2026
Access (availability): 🟢 Green — open or routine · 🟡 Yellow — appointment or affiliation · 🔴 Red — restricted · ⚪/⚫ White/Black — not yet classified
Verification: ✓ confirmed · ~ likely · ? needs review · ✕ archived
Description & capabilities
Faculty materials-science research laboratory for synthesis and structural characterization of transparent conducting oxides, hydroxyapatite (synthetic bone), and complex oxides. Capabilities include in situ high-temperature x-ray diffraction, pair-distribution function (PDF) analysis, and electrical characterization.
Active national-lab user program: DePaul news and peer-reviewed publications document Advanced Photon Source (APS) beamtime for this group — e.g. ZITO pair-distribution functions (PUB-010; Atomic Anatomy) and synchrotron powder diffraction at APS beamline 11-BM (PUB-095; thesis PUB-098; PUB-100; PUB-104 Sinha, also SNS POWGEN). Physics MS theses also report 1-BM-C (PUB-097) and 1-ID (PUB-099). Typical analysis stack in those theses is GSAS-II, FullProf, and Matlab; several sample series were synthesized off-campus (CBPF Rossi group; Northwestern Poeppelmeier), not in Byrne Hall 114. Adekoya (PUB-098) additionally used SNS and named HFIR (not yet a map EXT). See also Advanced Photon Source (APS) and SNS.
Access status
- Access: 🟡 Yellow — Needs an appointment or affiliation
- Rationale: Faculty materials research page documents Byrne Hall lab; access requires physics affiliation or approved collaboration.
- Access URL: www.depaul.edu/faculty/gabriela-gonzalez-aviles
- Contact name: Gabriela Gonzalez Aviles
- Contact email: ggonza18@depaul.edu
- Verification date: 2026-07-01
- Source URLs:
- www.depaul.edu/faculty/gabriela-gonzalez-aviles
- condor.depaul.edu/ggonza18
Verification
- Status: ~ Likely current
- Rationale: Documented from an archived institutional source. primary source: https://www.depaul.edu/faculty/gabriela-gonzalez-aviles
- Last verified: 2026-07-01
- Evidence:
- Gabriela Gonzalez Aviles — Associate Professor, Physics and Astrophysics; materials-science research including in situ high-temperature x-ray diffraction. (https://www.depaul.edu/faculty/gabriela-gonzalez-aviles)
- Supplementary lab reference: https://condor.depaul.edu/ggonza18/
Equipment
Find this resource from the Equipment catalog or site search by instrument or lab name.
| Category | Specific equipment |
|---|---|
| Lab ovens | High-temperature box furnace (500–1500 °C) with controller — sintering (Byrne Hall 114); High-temperature tube furnace (100–1200 °C) — gas-environment sample treatment (Byrne Hall 114) |
| Sample preparation (lab) | Fume hood with chemicals (Byrne Hall 114); Hydraulic press (maximum applied load 11 metric tons); High-precision scale |
| Electronics benches and prototyping | Four-point probe + current source + multimeter — PC-automated electrical conductivity (Byrne Hall 114); Thermopower measurement setup — heater, gold foils, thermocouples, multimeter (Byrne Hall 114); Two PC-connected electrical characterization setups (multimeter + current source) |
| Materials mechanical testing | Transparent conducting oxide and hydroxyapatite characterization workflows (campus electrical + partner diffraction/SEM) |
Equipment access (via linked resources)
| Resource | Notes |
|---|---|
| EXT-038 | Northwestern JB Cohen X-ray Lab — Scintag laboratory XRD (not Byrne inventory) |
| EXT-039 | Northwestern NUANCE — Hitachi SEM (not Byrne inventory) |
| EXT-003 | APS high-energy / powder diffraction beamlines — not campus inventory |
| EXT-040 | ESRF high-energy beamline — not campus inventory |
| EXT-020 | SNS POWGEN neutron powder diffraction — not campus inventory |
| CSH-005 | Department Physics shared facilities |
| CSH-001 | Chemistry machine shop / McGowan instrumentation adjacency |
Source: Gonzalez Byrne 114 equipment.html + techniques.html (Oct 2026); partner XRD/SEM/synchrotron/neutron via EXT. Last verified: July 29, 2026.
Contacts (resource-level)
Last verified: May 30, 2026.
People & contacts
Named contacts when publicly documented.
- Gabriela Gonzalez Aviles (Faculty lead) — ggonza18@depaul.edu · Profile
Source URL
Official links and email are listed under Contacts above.
Documented Relationships
Materials research thread within Physics & Astrophysics (CSH-005); ultrafast/synchrotron-adjacent work links to CSH-007 and external APS user facility (EXT-003).
Related listings
- CSH-005 - Physics & Astrophysics Laboratories
- CSH-007 - Physics Laser Timing & FPGA Laboratories
- EXT-003 - Advanced Photon Source (APS)
- EXT-020 - Spallation Neutron Source (SNS)
- EXT-038 - JB Cohen X-ray Diffraction Facility (Northwestern)
- EXT-039 - NUANCE (Northwestern)
- EXT-040 - ESRF
Notes
Faculty research lab profile split from department aggregate (May 2026).