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TU-Clausthal Institute of Metallurgy

Equipment

Neutron scattering at large research facilities (allocation of measuring time)

Neutron reflectometry, AMOR/Selene (PSI Center for Neutron and Muon Sciences, Switzerland)

X-ray diffraction

  • High-resolution diffractometer (Bruker D8 Discover), IEPT site

Ion beam analysis

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

Thin film production

  • Glovebox ion beam sputtering systems (IBC 681, Gatan)
  • DC magnetron sputtering system (Desktop Pro Denton)
  • Micro-gob coating system

Oven laboratory

  • Rapid thermal annealing systems with heating rates of 20 K/s (950 °C)
  • High-temperature furnaces (up to 1700 °C) under controlled atmosphere and vacuum (UHV)
  • Gas diffusion systems with integrated quadrupole mass spectrometers
  • High vacuum system with oxygen pump for oxygen partial pressures up to 10-25 bar up to 950 °C

Electrochemistry

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

Other

  • High-resolution electron microscopy with EDX and EBSD (EVO 15, Zeiss)
  • In-situ resistance measurements (four-point)
  • Glove boxes (< 0.1 ppm H2O, O2)