Equipment

The following information lists the core equipment in our group. Feel free to contact us for collaborations, sharing of information/knowledge and for simply using the instruments.

FIB/SEM LAB

Room with a machine standing in the right corner and desks along the adjacent wall. 4 screens are standing on the desks with two chairs in front of them. On the wall is a larger screen.

B CUBE, Room K03
+49 351 463 44242
Responsible Person: Elke Reich

+49 351 463 44272

Scios LoVac Dual Beam FIB/SEM (FEI/ThermoFisher) equipped with:
Hikari Plus EBSD (EDAX)
Octane Elite Super EDS (EDAX)
PI85 SEM Piconindenter (Hysitron/Bruker)
Cryo-cleaner and Plasma-clenaer
AutoSlice and View, 3D-EDS, 3D-EBSD
Q150T ES Sputter-coater (Quorum)

nanoMECHANICS LAB

A room with a device with open door and two chairs in front of a desk with two screens.

B CUBE, Room E24
+49 351 463 44261
Responsible Person: KianTadayon

+49 351 463 44267

TI950 Nanoindentation Platform (Hysitron/Bruker) equipped with:
nanoDMA III: Nanoscale Dynamic Mechanical Analysis
xSol High Temperature Stage
Humidity Control Stage
Low Load/High Load 1D Transducers
Low Load 2D Transducer
XPM: Ultra-Fast Nanomechanical Property Mapping
Modulus Mapping

Raman LAB

B CUBE, Room E24
+49 351 463 44261
Responsible Person: Richard Best

+49 351 463 44267

inVia Qontor Raman Confocal Microscope (Renishaw) equipped with:
Standard and Inverted Microscope Set-Ups (x5, x20, x100)
532 (50 mW) and 785 (300 mW) Lasers
Polarisers/Analysers
LiveTrack Focusing
Integrated with the Nanoindentation system

Dynamic Mechanical Analysis LAB

A desk in front of a wall with empty shelf boards. On the desk a computer is visible on the right side of a machine and 2 electrical devices conecte to it via multiple cables.

B CUBE, Room 305
Responsible Person: Robert Lemanis

+49 351 463 44272

Twin Drive Rheometer (Anton Paar) equipped with:
MCR502 Rheometer Drive
MCR702 Liner DMA Drive
Temperature and Humidity Control
Immersion Bath
Various measuring geometries (Tension, Compression, Torsion, Three Point Bending, Cantilever Bending and more...)

Sample Preparation LAB

B CUBE, Room 108
Responsible Person: Richard Best

+49 351 463 44267

Equipped with:
Ion Milling System IM4000Plus (Hitachi)
PM5 Precision Lapping & Polishing Machine (Logitech)
Low Speed Precision Cutting Machine (Buehler)
LynxEVO 3D Stereo Imaging (Vision Engineering)
300ºC Oven (Memmert)
1200ºC Quartz Tube Furnace (Carbolite Gero)
Optical Microscope (Nikon)

3D Printing LAB

B CUBE, Room E12
Responsible Person: Robert Lemanis

+49 351 463 44272

Equipped with:
FormLabs Form3 SLA Printer
Form Cure and Form Wash Post Processing