The LAB

The LAB

 

Wet Synthesis Lab 
Wet chemistry hoods:

wet chemistry hood

Colloidal synthesis and fabrication hood:

                  shlenck


Glove box:
Ar atmosphere, spin-coater, analytical balance, hot plate

       

Rotor evaporator:

Roto evaporator

Micro ball-mill:

ball mill

Hydraulic press:

Hydraulic press

Absorption:
Jasco V780 (190-1600nm) - Cuvettee/Film holder for transparent samples, Integrating sphere for diffusive reflectance measurements (powders, solids, films).
Link here
abs


Steady-state Photoluminescence spectrometer: 
Shimdazu RF6000 - Sample holder for cuvette, film, powder. Excitation: 200-850 nm, Emission: 200-900 nm. 
Link here
Steady-state Photoluminescence spectrometer

abs+PL

     
 












  













Photoemission Yield Spectrometer in Air (PYSA):
Direct workfunction and Valence band energy measurements (4.2-6.2 eV) - Riken-Keiki AC2s.
Link here

photoemission

3D printer:
Prusa Mini
Link here

3D printer
Solis-state Synthesis Lab

Sealing line for quartz tubes:
equipped with dry mechanical pump and turbo pump.

sealing line


Bridgman crystal growth setup: 

bridgman

Furnaces:

Furnaces

Box Furnace 1:

Furnace 1

Box Furnace 2:

furnace 2


Tube Furnace:

tube furnace


Vacuum Oven:

vacuum furnace


Temperature stabilized convection oven:
 
furnace 1

Thin Film Deposition System:
Korvus Technology HEX - equipped with 4 e-beam sources
Link here

thin film



Ultrasonic bath: 

ultrasonic


UV/Ozone cleaner:

ultrasonic

crystal cutting and polishing setups - in future plan

Micro-spectroscopy Lab

This lab is based on a versatile home-built micro-spectroscopy setup equipped with the following options - 

Excitation sources - 

1. UV pulsed ps laser - 266 nm - Pico-Quant VisUV 266 
 Link here

laser 1b

laser 1


Deep-Blue pulsed ps laser:
370 nm - Edinburgh instruments EPL375
Link here
 

Supercontinuum White laser:
400-1000nm - NKT SuperK Fianium, with LLTF adjustable spectral filter
Link here


Micro-focus X-ray source:
XOS dleX-Beam 
Link here

 

Detectors - 

Two single-photon avalanche photodiodes for lifetime and photon correlation measurements - MPD-PDM 
Link here
 

Time Tagger card:
Swabian Instruments Time Tagger Ultra
Link here

Gemini Interferometer for spectrally resolved lifetime measurements:
NIREOS
Link here

gemini
 

EMCCD + Spectrograph for photoluminescence spectroscopy at low light conditions:
Andor iXon Ultra 888 EMCCD (Link here) + Kymera 328i Spectrograph (Link here)

 

Miniature Spectrometer for kinetic photoluminescence spectroscopy:
OceanOptics HDX
Link here

 

Sample Mounting - 
Closed-cycle Liquid Helium cryostat:
down to 4.2 K - ARS CS204-FMS-1AL
Link here
 

Microscopy Cooling/Heating stage:
77 - 670 K - Instec HCS421VXY
Link here
 

Motorized Microscope sample stage:
Mad City Labs
Link here
 

Electrical Characterization - 

Source Measure Unit (SMU):
Keithley 2450
Link here
 

Low current Electrometer:
Keithley 6517B:
Link here