Facilities

Neutron scattering at large scale facilities (access by proposal system)

X-ray diffraction

High resolution X-Ray diffractometer (Bruker D8 Discover)

Ion beam analysis

  • Secondary ion mass spectrometry (CAMECA IMS 3F/4F)
  • Profilometer (KLA-Tencor AlphaStep 500)

Thin film deposition

  • Glove-box ion beam sputter unit (IBC 651, Gatan)
  • dc magnetron sputter unit (Desktop Pro Denton), new in 2022
  • Micro droplet coater

Furnace lab

  • Rapid thermal annealing setups with heating rates of 20 K/s (600 °C)
  • High temperature furnaces (2200 °C) operating unter controlled atmosphere and UHV
  • Gas diffusion unit with integrated quadrupole mass spectrometer
  • High vacuum unit with oxygen pump for partial pressures down to 10-22 bar up to 1000 °C

Electrochemistry

  • Potentiostats with EIS (Biologic SP-50, SP-150)
  • Electrochemical cells for thin-film electrodes

Miscellaneous

  • Electron microscope with EDX
  • In-situ resistivity measurements
  • Glove-boxes (< 0.1 ppm H20, O2)