- High resolution X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (Scienta ESCA 300 at Lehigh University and synchrotron beamline U12A at Brookhaven National Lab)
- Optical spectroscopy
- Wet etching technology
- Thin film technology
- Ceramic technology
- Atomic force microscopy
- Mechanical properties (microhardness, etc.)
- Positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy
- Photoelectrical spectroscopy
- EXAFS (beamlines X18B, X19A, X15B at Brookhaven National Lab)
- NEXAFS (beamline U12A at Brookhaven National Lab)
