Equipment
Equipment for materials synthesis
Floating-zone furnace:
There are two distinct advantages in using the floating-zone technique for crystal growth. First, since no crucible is needed during growth, crystals produced by this method can be very clean. The impurity level in crystal can be reduced down to ~50 ppm. Second, very large crystals can be grown with this method. Large-size crystals are very useful for certain experiments such as neutron scattering.
High-temperature furnaces (up to 1700 C)
Quartz tube sealing system
Glovebox for meterial synthesis
Glovebox for electrochemical intercalation
Equipment for material characterization
Rigakut Model D/Max 2200/PC X-Ray diffractometer
Polishing machine and diamond saw
Thermal evaporator
Equipment for low temperature measurement
A Physical Property Measurement System (PPMS, Quantum Design)
Equipped with an EverCool dewar, 9T magnet, AC transport measurement probe, specific heat measurement probe, AC/DC magnetization measurement probe, and sample rotator for transport measurements.
Magnetic Property Measurement System (MPMS, SQUID, VSM, Quantum Design)
He3 cryostat with the base temperature of 0.3 K
Other shared facilities and resources
Cleanroom facilities
Equipped with an sputtering coating system, an electron beam evaporator, an Argon ion milling system, a spin coater, and a mask aligner.
Bruker D8 Single Crystal X-Ray diffractometer
Pulse Laser Deposition system for film growth
