Facilities

Growth of polycrystalline samples of quantum materials 

For preparing air sensitive samples and toxic samples inside the controlled environment

 Growth of single crystal using chemical vapor transport/physical vapor transport method

 Used for annealing of the sample and growth of single crystal using the flux method

Physical Property Measurement System-Dynacool PPMS (9 T)

Institute CRF facility

• Transport measurements

• Magnetization 

• Specific heat 

• Thermal transport including thermopower and thermal conductivity

Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope  (FESEM)

Institute CRF facility

• High resolution surface imaging

• Identifying elemental composition of materials when paired with Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy 

HR-TEM (FEI)

Institute CRF facility

• Elemental mapping with atomic resolution 

• Confirming crystal structure symmetry 

• Identifying atomic-scale defects, stacking faults, or vacancies 

• Verification of epitaxial growth quality