Equipment
X-ray diffraction
| Bruker D8 Advance |
| Powder diffractometer with Bragg-Brentano geometry and CuKα radiation for routine measurements, temperature dependent measurements and experiments under inert conditions |
| Panalytical X'Pert |
| Powder diffractometer with Bragg-Brentano geometry and CuKα radiation for routine measurements and temperature dependent measurements |
| Service Center X-Ray Diffraction |
Thermal analysis
| Netzsch TG F1 Iris |
| Thermo-microbalance coupled with FT-IR-spectrometer |
| Netzsch DSC 204 F1 Phoenix |
| Dynamic difference calorimeter |
| Netzsch STA409/414 |
| DSC-TG-MS with skimmer coupling, Quadrupol-MS, up to 1480 °C (theoretically up to 1700 °C) |
| Mettler-Toledo TGA-DSC |
| Simultaneous TGA and DCS measuring up to 1600°C, connectable to mass spectrometers |
Elemental analysis
| CHN-S Analysis (Determination of C, H, N and S): Vario Micro cube, Elementar Analysensysteme |
| ELMAS Core facility |
Trace Elemental Analysis
| DC/AC-Polarograhy: Potenziostat 757 und 797 VA Computrace, Metrohm |
| FAAS (Flammen-Atom-Absorptions-Spektrometrie):Optima 2000 DV, Perkin-Elmer |
| ICP-OES (Induktiv gekoppeltes Plasma - Optische Emissions-Spektrometrie): Perkin Elmer, Optima 2500 DV |
| ICP-MS (Induktiv gekoppeltes Plasma - Massen-Spektrometrie): 7500cx mit HMI, Agilent |
| LC-ICP-QQQ (Liquid chromatography coupled with a triplequad mass spectrometer with inductively coupled plasma): Agilent 8900 ICP-MS + Infinity HPLC |
| LA_ICP-QQQ (Laser ablation coupled with a triplequad mass spectrometer with inductively coupled plasma): Agilent 8900 ICP-MS + Elemental Scientific Lasers, ESL 213 LA |
| Other Coupling techniques: CE-ICP-MS (CE: Beckman-Coulter P/ACE-MDQ), HPLC-ICP-MS (HPLC: Agilent 1100/1200 ChemStation) |
| ELMAS Core facility |
Spectrometer
| HP Impedance spectrometer HP 4192A |
| Characterisation of electric properties in materials depending on the frequence (5Hz to 13 MHz) |
| Perkin Elmer Lambda 750 |
| UV-VIS-NIR-spectrometer for diffuse reflection. |
| Perkin Elmer Lambda 25 |
| UV-VIS-NIR-Spektrometer for cuvettes |
| Bruker Vertex 70 |
| FT-IR-spectrometer |
| Perkin Elmer LS55 |
| Luminescence-spectrometer |
| Horiba Yobin Ivon FluoroMax 4 |
| Fluorescence-spectrometer (Horiba Scientific Japan) |
| Horiba Modular, Fiber-Coupled Raman-Spectrometer |
| Nd:YAG Laser, 532 nm, "SuperHead" measuring head and sample chamber (Horiba Scientific Japan) |
Other equipment
| Plasma etcher Diener |
| Plasma device Diener FEMTO (Diener electronic GmbH & Co KG, Plasma-Surface-Technology) |
| Fritsch Pulverisette 7 premium line |
| High performance planetary ball mill (centrifugal acceleration: 96 g, integrated measuring system to display pressure and temperature values while milling) |
| Retsch PM 100 |
| Planetary ball mill (centrifugal acceleration: 33,3 g) |
| Retsch MM 500 Nano |
| Vibration mill (cryogenic grinding possible) |
| ALV/CGS-3 Compact Goniometer System (ALV) for dynamic light scattering (DLS) |
| Dynamic light scattering for particle size determination |
| Anton Paar Digital Refractometer Abbemat 350 |
| Digital refractometer nD-range 1,26 to 1,72 with sample well (Anton Paar, Germany) |
| Microscope |
| For thin-sections and planar devices |
| Stereo Magnifier |
| Stereo magnifier with a maximum magnification factor of 110. An improved depth of focus allows to examine sample powders and other samples. |
| Contact angle measuring system (self-construction) |
| To determine the wettability of different surfaces |
| Seven Multi pH-Meter and Conductivity Measuring System (Mettler Toledo) |
| To determine pH-value and conductivity of aqueous solutions or dispersions |
| Thermo Scientific Megafuge Centrifuge |
| Coolable centrifuge with fixed angle rotor for 6x50ml tubes |