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Equipment

  1. FABRICATION OF MATERIALS
  2. EQUIPMENT FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF MATERIALS
  3. BIO-CHEMESTRY LABORATORY
  4. ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT

1. FABRICATION OF MATERIALS

ARCAST Arc and induction melting furnace
– Arc melting option – Induction melting option – Tilt casting with mould options (for arc melting); – Continuous casting (for ingot production).

Technical specifications:
  • Vacuum range: 10-4 – 10-5 Pa
  • Mass mass of the alloy: up to 50 g
  • Temperature in the crucible: not less than 2000° C
Magnetron sputtering setup ORION-8-UHV (AJA International)
Possibilities:
  • Possibility of deposition of materials with using from 1 up to 5 sources simultaneously
  • Deposition of oxides or nitrides with a reactive gas supply to the substrate
  • Substrate heating up to 100-850 C, before and during deposition
  • Limit base pressure in the vacuum chamber is not worse than 10-8 Torr

2. EQUIPMENT FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF MATERIALS

Lakeshore 7400 System Vibrating Sample Magnetometer

A vibrating sample magnetometer or VSM is a scientific tool that measures magnetic properties. It is possible to investigate the dependence of magnetic moment or resistance versus magnitude of magnetic field in a wide temperature range for different types of materials (soft and hard magnetic materials, different alloys) and shapes of the samples (bulk materials, thin films, ribbons, microwires e.t.c.).

Technical specifications:
  • 1 × 10-7 emu noise floor at 10 s/pt
  • 5 × 10-7 emu noise floor at 0.1 s/pt
  • High stability ±0.05% per day
  • Excellent reproducibility
  • Fields up to 1.5 T
  • Widest available temperature range – 77 K to 1,273 K
  • Autorotation option
Magnetoresistance probe option specifications:
  • Temperature range 20 – 673 K
  • 6 current ranges; 1 μA to 100 mA
  • 9 ranges: 0.2, 2, 20, 200 Ohm; 2, 20, 200 kOhm; 2, up to 10 MOhm
  • Probe tip compliance voltage: 0 V to 5 V – measurement, 0 V to 100V – contact formation
Differential Scanning Calorimeter NETZSCH 204 F1 Phoenix
Differential scanning calorimetry is a primary technique for measuring thermal properties of materials to establish a connection between temperature and specific physical properties of materials. One of the main usages of this technique is to research thermal transitions in a wide range of materials. DSC can be used in different areas – in physics, chemistry, cell biology, pharmacology and other.

Technical specifications:
  • Temperature range: 93-973 K
  • τ-sensor sensitivity: 3.2 μV/mW
  • Cooling/Heating rate: 0.001 to 200 K/min
  • Specific heat measurement range: 200-2000 J/kg*K
Thermogravimetric Analyzer NETZSCH TG 209 F3 Tarsus
Thermogravimetric analysis is an analytical technique used to determine a material thermal stability by monitoring the weight change during temperature change. TGA can provide information about physical properties of materials, such as second-order phase transitions, including sublimation, vaporization, absorption and adsorption, also including chemisorption, dehydration and decomposition.

Technical specifications:
  • Temperature range: 248-1273 K
  • Mass of the sample up to 2000 mg
  • Resolution: 0.1 µg
  • Heating and Cooling rates: 0.001 K/min to 100 K/min
Setup for measurements of magneto-electric effect
This setup allows to investigate the direct magneto-electric effect on multiferroics heterostructures (plates, ribbons and thin film structures), namely, to measure the electric voltage that occurs at applying of the magnetic field.

Technical specifications:
  • Temperature range: 170-400 K
  • DC magnetic field up to 500 Oe
  • AC magnetic field up to 10 Oe
  • Frequency range: 0 – 200 kHz
  • Sensitivity: – 1 mV
This setup was developed specially for Laboratory of Novel Magnetic Materials.
Setup for measuring of  the magnetostriction properties
Technical specifications:
  • Magnetic field range with core:  0 – ±1,7  kOe / without core:  0 – ±280 Oe
  • Magnetic field change rate: from 0,25 Oe
  • Voltage range: 0 – 2 kV
  • Range for piezoelectric and piezomagnetic module: from 1 • 10-6 to 2000 • 10-6 С/N;
  • Sensitivity: 0,5 – 1 ppm
  • Maximum value: 1000 ppm
  • The minimum sample size – 3×5 mm
Setup for measurements of magnetostriction coefficient using Small Angle Rotation Magnetization method
For the measurements of magnetostriction coefficient of amorphous ferromagnetic microwires the Small Angle Rotation Magnetization is used. This method was extended for the possibility to investigate the magnetostriction coefficient for all types of microwires with high resolution.

Technical specifications:
  • Max applied field: 50 Oe
  • Length of sample: 70-80 mm
  • Max resistance of sample: 1 kOhm
  • Sensitivity: 10-8
Magneto-optical spectroscopy setup

Magneto-optical spectroscopy is a universal method of diagnostics of nanostructured systems. This method provides unique information about magnetic and electronic structure, mechanisms of scattering of charge carriers and the nature of the interband transitions.

Technical specifications:
  • Wavelength range from 0,23 um to 12 um provided by different light sources: halogen lamp or globar IR source with a monochromator; He-Ne and diode lasers
  • Different types of modulation of light beam: optomechanical, photoelastic, magnetic field
  • The setup supports providing experiments in different geometries: transmission (Faraday and Focht) and reflection (PKE, MKE, TKE)
  • Possibility of creating AC and DC magnetic fields with magnitude up to 300 Oe
  • Wide temperature range from 77K to 500K provided by special options
  • High flexibility provided by easy replacement of all modules of the setup. The setup can be modified for different tasks
The setup now is in the process of installation and calibration. This setup was developed specially for Laboratory of Novel Magnetic Materials.
Setup for direct magnetocaloric effect measurement MagEq MMS 902
Technical specifications:
  • Magnetic field change rate: from 0,25 to 6 T/s
  • Temperature range: from 150 to 370 K
  • Magnetic field range: -1,802 – +1,802 T

Setup for measurements of local nucleation field distribution along the bistable microwires
This setup contains a very short exciting coil that induces a reverse domain nucleation that is detecting by a pick-up coil. After each measurement, a motor drive moves slightly the microwire and a next measurement is taken. In this way a distribution of local nucleation field is measured. The local nucleation fields are highly affected by the different inhomogeneities (defects) existing inside the microwires. Thus this equipment can be used for a quality control of the microwires.

Technical specifications:
  • Maximal detectable nucleation field 50 Oe
  • Velocity of measurements: 5-50 cm/min
  • Spatial Resolution: 0.5-5 mm
Scanning probe microscope NTEGRA
Technical specifications:
  • Sample size and weight: maximum 100x100x15 mm; maximum 300 g
  • Scanning area: maximum 100x100x10 μm
  • XY noise level: 0.01-0.3 nm
  • Z noise level: 0.03-0.07 nm
  • Active vibration isolation: 0.7-1000 Hz
  • Available temperature range: room-170°C
  • Available magnetic field range: up to 0.2 T (in-plane of the scanning)
  • Available electric voltage range: ± 150 V
  • Possibility to operate in the liquid media

3. BIO-CHEMESTRY LABORATORY

Bio-chemical facility is equiped with:
  – The biosafety cabinet
  – CO2 incubator
  – Cell counter
  – Centrifuge
  – Installation for Western Blot analysis

Chemical synthesis and surface modification methods:
– Co-precepitation in alkaline condition or high-boiling organic solvents
– Sol-gel autocombustion synthesis
– Ligands exchange on NP’s surfaces
– Reverse micelles synthesis under inert atmosphere/low pressure

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4. ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT

Cryomech LNP40 Nitrogen generator
Technical specifications:
  • Performance: 40 litres per day
  • Liquid N2 purity: 99%
  • Capacity: 160 litres
Ball milling (Retsch E-Max) and Pellet press (Retsch PP25)
The Emax is a ball mill for high energy milling.

Specifications:
  • Continuous grinding operation without interruptions for cooling down
  • Producing fine particles within shortest amount of time
  • Grinding down to the nanometer range
The PP 25 is a compact benchtop unit. It is ideally suited for the preparation of solid samples for XRF analysis. The pellets produced are of high quality and are characterized by their high degree of stability. The piston pressure can be read off from the clearly visible manometer scale

Specifications:
  • Pressure force: 25 t
Ball milling (left) and pellet press (right) photo