Characterization Techniques |
Mettler Toledo TGA/SDTA 851e Thermogravimetric and Differential Thermal Analyzer
![]() Simple and reliable operation. Parallel guided balance design compensates automatically for positioning errors. FlexCal automatically corrects for heating rate, type of crucible, module and purge gas. Rugged, horizontal furnace design minimizes influence of disturbing effects. Thermogravimetry (TGA) is a technique that measures the change in weight of a sample as it is heated or held at constant temperature. Its main use is to characterize materials with regard to their composition. SDTA allows simultaneous measurement of thermal effects and provides calorimetric data with high temperature accuracy.
Mettler Toledo DSC 821e Differential Scanning Calorimeter
![]() Ceramic sensor plate guarantees robustness and design flexibility. Circular thermocouple arrangement for excellent baseline stability without mathematical data manipulation. Provided with a robust 34-sample position autosampler robot for high sample throughput, reproducible sample handling and allowing 24-hour operation. Optic fiber option for photocalorimetry measurements.
SQUID magnetometer, model Quantum Design MPMS-XL-5
![]() Operating in the temperature range of 1.8-400 K (maximum sweeping rate 10K/min) and magnetic fields up to ± 5T. AC/DC susceptibility and magnetization measurements with standard transport and RSO option (reciprocating sample option with enhanced sensitivity, 10-8 emu). Options: � Ultra low field capability. � Single crystal mounting device with horizontal and vertical rotator. � Magneto-optical measurements (fiber optic sample holder option). � Pressure cell for measurements under pressure up to 10 Kbar.
SQUID magnetometer, model Quantum Design MPMS-XL-7
![]() Main characteristics: � Temperature range of 1.8-400 K (maximum sweeping rate 10K/min) � Magnetic field up to ± 7T. � AC/DC susceptibility and magnetization measurements with standard transport and RSO option (reciprocating sample option with enhanced sensitivity, 10-8 emu). � Maximum Sample Size: 9 mm � Field Uniformity: 0.01% over 4 cm � Temperature Range: 1.9-400 K
Physical properties measurement system
![]() � AC/DC susceptibily and magnetization measurements by using applied fields up to +\- 9 T (1.9-400 K) � AC/DC resistivity measurements by using applied fields up to +\- 9 T (0.35 - 400 K) � Heat Capacity measurements by using applied fields up to +\- 9 T (0.35 - 400 K) � Thermal transport measurements by using applied fields up to +\- 9 T (1.9 - 400 K) � Torque magnetometry measurements by using applied fields up to +\- 9 T (1.9 - 400 K)
X and Q band EPR spectrometer with additional Pulsed X-band, Model Bruker ELEXYS E580
![]() X and Q band microwave bridges (ESP049X, ESP 380 1010, ER051QG). ER 4112SHQ cavity for X-band (~9.3 GHz), ER5106 cavity for Q-band (~34 GHz). ESR900 (X-band) and CF935 (Q-band) top loading continuous flow cryostats. Pulsed X-Band experiments equipped with a ER 4118X-MD-5W1 cavity and a TWT amplifier. It is able to apply pulses between 0.7 ns and 15 μs width. Measurements of solid (powder o crystalline) samples and solutions. Crystal mounting option provided with a programmable control goniometer ER 218G1 (compatible with X-Band measurements). The field of application of the EPR is very extensive and provides qualitative and quantitative structural information. Useful applications in structural determination of metallic and organometallic compounds, studies of radicals and reaction mechanisms.
Attocube Low Temperature Magnetic Force Microscope (LT-MFM) and Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscope (LT-STM)
![]() The instrument works by scanning the sample below a fixed cantilever and by measuring its deflection with highest precision using a fiber based optical interferometer. Both contact and non-contact mode are applicable. The microscope uses a set of xyz-positioners for coarse positioning of the sample over a range of several mm and the piezo-based scanner provides a large scan range of 50 μm x 50 μm at room temperature, and 30 μm x 30 μm at liquid helium temperature. Moreover, it is possible to applied an external magnetic 2D vector field until 8 T in vertical and 2 T in horizontal direction.
M�ssbauer Spectrometer
![]() γ-Rays are provided by a 57Co(Rh) source. Recoil-M�ssbauer Spectral Analysis Software. M�ssbauer spectroscopy is based on the recoil-free nuclear resonance absorption of ? radiation and provides information of electronic, magnetic, and structural properties within materials.
X-ray diffraction platform
![]() � Capillary powder diffraction (transmission mode measurement), with a focusing mirror for enhanced intensity, and the possible combination with an Oxford Cryostream (temperature range: 100 K - 500 K). � High throughput stage (transmission mode measurement) with a focusing mirror for enhanced intensity. � Small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). � Grazing incident X-ray diffraction (GIXRD) with hybrid monochromator (Cu Kα1). � X-ray reflectometry
X-ray Diffractometer
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Fourier Transformation-Infrared Spectrometer NICOLET 5700 (Thermo Electron Corporation)
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UV/VIS HP 8453
![]() Flexible accessories - Built-in interfaces for interconnectivity with accessories - Agilent's multicell transport, Peltier thermostatted cell holder, sipper system, or autosampler for example, and Gilson autosamplers, Labsphere diffuse reflectance accessories, or fiber optics couplers from Custom Sensors & Technology. Stable optics - Thermally stable ceramic spectrograph with one nanometer slit width from 190 - 1100 nm.
PHOTO-REACTOR: Side irradiation model (LZC-5)
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SP1 TM HPFC FLASH chromatography purification system.
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Laser Flash Photolysis Model mLFP-111 Luzchem, Nd-YAG Brilliant Quantel.
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2D Materials Laboratory |
This laboratory is a grey space dedicated to the manipulation of 2D materials and their integration in van der Waals heterostructures and functional devices. It includes general fabrication benches, two fumehoods and two glove boxes, one of them being a general purpose one and the other dedicated to the dry manipulation of air-sensitive 2D materials. The latter includes a transfer setup and an optical microscope (vide infra).
Optical microscope Nikon Eclipse LV-100
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Scientific workstations |
![]() - Servers like compute nodes based on Intel Xeon technology (20), and 6 Intel I7 - Servers like compute nodes based on AMD Opteron technology (4) - Gigabit connection network through Cisco Catalyst Switch 3560G - The cluster includes 268 calculation cores and a total memory of 542 GB offering a peak performance (Rpeak) of 900 GLOPS, which is almost a TFLOP peak performance added. - Storage consists of 66 TB on serial ATA 2 disks More info |
Equipo comprado |
- Sistema de deposición de muestras - Sonda de inmersión - Ultraturrax tube - EQUIPO PARA MEDIDAS TGA-GC - INYECTOR AUTOMÁTICO - COULOMETER - ANALYTICAL BALANCE - MULTI POSITION MAGNETIC STIRRER - EPPENDORF CENTRIFUGUE MINISPIN - ESPECTÓMETRO RAMAN - TABLERO ÓPTICO Y ESTRUCTURA MESA - PLACA MAGNÉTICA CALEFACTORA - Porta-cubeta - Objetivo de larga distancia de trabajo - Polarizador |