IV. RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE
IV.1. Top five research facilities, equipments/ instrumentation of your centre (research hardware):
Item 1
Total Number:
5
facilities, equipments/ instrumentation:
-field emission scanning electron microscope (FEG-SEM -scanning probe microscopy system (SPM). -transmission electron microscope JEOL -electron microscope HRTEM (in the framework of the project CEUREMAVSU ) -Focused Ion Beam and scanning electron microscopy system (dual system FIB-SEM) (in the framework of the project CEUREMAVSU )
Year of acquisition:
2010
Average value at the time of acquisition :
6000000
Short Description:
Laboratory of high resolution electron microscopy includes an electron microscope HRTEM, a Focused Ion Beam and scanning electron microscopy system (dual system FIB-SEM), a field emission scanning electron microscope (FEG-SEM), and a scanning probe microscopy system (SPM).
Item 2
Total Number:
8
facilities, equipments/ instrumentation:
- X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) installations -a surface and interface preparation and characterization installation by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), provided with electron diffraction (LEED, RHEED), Auger electron spectroscopy and scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) -a new installation of photoelectron spectroscopy with high resolution and that may be operated at high pressure (1-10 mbar) -an angle- and spin-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy installation (SR-ARPES) -a photoelectron microscopy installation
Year of acquisition:
2008.0000
Average value at the time of acquisition :
4000000
Short Description:
Laboratory of Surface and Interface Science, provided with (i) X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) installations, already existent; (ii) a surface and interface preparation and characterization installation by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) - funded by a "Capacities" project, provided with electron diffraction (LEED, RHEED), Auger electron spectroscopy and scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) - acquisition in course; (iii) a new installation of photoelectron spectroscopy with high resolution and that may be operated at high pressure (1-10 mbar), whose acquisition will be achieved in 2008 from other INCDFM resources (Kernel funding, Investment funds, economical resources). In the framework of the CEUREMAVSU project we sollicitate the funding of (i) an angle- and spin-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy installation (SR-ARPES); (ii) a photoelectron microscopy installation. Both installations would be amongst the first in Europe.
Item 3
Total Number:
12
facilities, equipments/ instrumentation:
-two Bruker D8 Advantage diffractometers, one for thin films (reflectometry, grazing incidence) si other for powders -three RES spectrometers working in cw regime , one in X band , (modernized with module EMXPlus Bruker) and others two in X and K bands – at a varying temperature between 100-400 K - digital platform for RES techniques in Q band -a set-up for resonant fluorescence measurements and microfluorescence - a scanning electron microscope incorporating a EDX analysis system and a cathodoluminescence unit ( emission range 190-1300 nm) -Mossbauer spectroscopy facilities (at room temperature, without magnetic field). -a RES spectrometer in pulse with Fourier transform - a Mossbauer sopectrometer with cryostat (liquid He) in magnetic field
Year of acquisition:
2007
Average value at the time of acquisition :
4000000
Short Description:
Laboratory for complex structural characterization of materials This laboratory includes: (i) two Bruker D8 Advantage diffractometers, one for thin films (reflectometry, grazing incidence) si other for powders (acquired in 2006-2007); (ii) three RES spectrometers working in cw regime , one in X band , (modernized with module EMXPlus Bruker) and other in X and K bands – at a varying temperature between 100-400 K; (iii) digital platform for RES techniques in Q band ; (iv)a set-up for resonant fluorescence measurements and microfluorescence; (v) a scanning electron microscope incorporating a EDX analysis system and a cathodoluminescence unit ( emission range 190-1300 nm), (vi) Mossbauer spectroscopy facilities (at room temperature, without magnetic field). In the framework of the CEUREMAVSU project it will be funded also: (i) a RES spectrometer in pulse with Fourier transform and (ii) a Mossbauer sopectrometer with cryostate (liquid He) in magnetic field.
Item 4
Total Number:
9
facilities, equipments/ instrumentation:
-Complex electric and magnetic characterization -VSM magnetometer with possibilities for magnetoresistence measurements, -2 set-ups for complex electric and ferroelectric measurements in the 15-475K range -cryostat for electric and photoelectric measurements from 77K up to 800K PPMS-SQUID system (in the framework of the project CEUREMAVSU ) -a cryoprober for testing ferroelectric thin films (in the framework of the project CEUREMAVSU ) - a He liquefier -characterization in the high frequency domain (THz) -equipment allowing the materials characterization in the microwave domain( dielectric function and losses), on a frequency domain up to 11 GHz -a NOVOCONTROL spectrometer for dielectric spectroscopy on the 10-5 Hz-107 Hz and 106 Hz- 3x109 Hz ranges -a set-up for determining the complex dielectric constant by resonant methods in the 1-110 GHz domain -a vector network analyser for the frequency range from 1 to 325 GHz - a THz spectrometer for the 0,1-3 THz domain (in the framework of the project CEUREMAVSU ) -a set up for microwave measurements on low dimensions lines in the temperature domain from 77K to 625K. (in the framework of the project CEUREMAVSU )
Year of acquisition:
2008
Average value at the time of acquisition :
6000000
Short Description:
Laboratory of complex electric and magnetic characterization. This laboratory is having: (i) a VSM magnetometer with possibilities for magnetoresistence measurements, acquired in 2007; (ii) 2 set-ups for complex electric and ferroelectric measurements in the 15-475K range; (iii) a cryostat for electric and photoelectric measurements from 77K up to 800K. The followings will be purchased in the frame of the project: (i) a PPMS-SQUID system (PPMS= physical properties measurement system; SQUID = superconducting quantum interference device), unique in East-Europe; (ii) a cryoprober for testing ferroelectric thin films, unique at national level; (ii) a He liquefier, which will be the first at national level and which will be useful for the assemble of the scientific and medical community from Romania who needs liquid He. Laboratory for studies in the high frequency domain (THz). At present this laboratory comprises equipment allowing the materials characterization with applications in the microwave domain, from the point of view of dielectric function and losses, on a frequency domain up to 11 GHz. INCDFM posses also a NOVOCONTROL spectrometer for dielectric spectroscopy on the 10-5 Hz-107 Hz and 106 Hz- 3x109 Hz ranges of frequency, function of temperature on the 113-673K range, and a set-up for determining the complex dielectric constant by resonant methods in the 1-110 GHz domain. The following equipments will be purchased in the frame of the project: (i) vector network analyser for the frequency range from 1 to 325 GHz; (ii) a THz spectrometer for the 0,1-3 THz domain; (iii) a set up for microwave measurements on low dimensions lines in the temperature domain from 77K to 625K.
Item 5
Total Number:
12
facilities, equipments/ instrumentation:
- FT Raman spectrophotometer RFS 100 (Bruker -FTIR spectrophotometer, Vertex 70 – Bruker -fluorescence spectrophotometer type Fluorolog-3 Horiba Jobin Yvone endowed with a TCSPC system for the decay time fluorescence measurements -experimental set devoted to the luminescence studies under high density excitation -two absorption spectrophotometer for the UV-VIS and UV-VIS-NIR range – Lamda 90 model, Perkin Elmer -microscope of fluorescence - spectroscopic ellypsometer for the UV-VIS-NIR range - Raman spectrophotometer endowed with a microscope which connected with the Argon/Kypton lasers will ensure to work in a large range of excitation wavelengths -near field scanning optical microscope
Year of acquisition:
2007
Average value at the time of acquisition :
2500000
Short Description:
Laboratory of Optics and Spectroscopy. This laboratory is equipped with: i) a FT Raman spectrophotometer RFS 100 (Bruker) – endowed with a Nd:YAG laser which permits to perform Raman studies at the excitation wavelength of 1064 nm; ii) a FTIR spectrophotometer, Vertex 70 – Bruker including an attenuated total reflexion (ATR) device; iii) a fluorescence spectrophotometer type Fluorolog-3 Horiba Jobin Yvone endowed with a TCSPC system for the decay time fluorescence measurements ( ≥ 100 ps); iv) an home made experimental set devoted to the luminescence studies under high density excitation composes from a pulse nitrogen laser (pulse width ca. 5 ns, peak power about 1 MW), a SPM-2 monochromator with quartz prism as spectral analyzer , an Boxcar Average model 162 PAR, a TEKTRONIX TDS 320 digital oscilloscope interfaced with a PC; v) two absorption spectrophotometer for the UV-VIS and UV-VIS-NIR range – Lamda 90 model, Perkin Elmer endowed with the universal reflectance accessory and integrating spheres; vi) a microscope of fluorescence; vii) a spectroscopic ellypsometer for the UV-VIS-NIR range and viii) an ion laser system composed from an Argon and Krypton ion lasers. In the frame of CEUREMAVSU project the Laboratory of Optics and Spectroscopy intends purchasing of: i) a Raman spectrophotometer endowed with a microscope which connected with the Argon/Kypton lasers will ensure to work in a large range of excitation wavelengths (454, 465, 476, 488, 496, 514, 647 and 676 nm); and ii) a near field scanning optical microscope.
IV.2. Resources and services for scientific exchange and preservation, IT infrastructure for scientific information access:
1. Subscription to peer-reviewed, international journals
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2. Access to electronic databases
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3.ICT-based infrastructure for scientific information
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4.Other
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IV. 3. Which is (are) your most needed resources and services not currently available at your centre?
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