Equipment

Magnetron sputtering system featuring 8 sputter guns

DC and RF sputtering capabilities

High temperature and reactive sputtering capabilities

'Home-built' magnetrong sputtering system featuring 4 sputter guns

DC and RF sputtering capabilities

High deposition rates and suitable for cosputtering and depositing multilayer films

Suction casting allowing the rapid solidification of various metals and alloys. Far-from equilibrium process allowing the rapid solidification and study of interesting microstructures

Equipped with a 400W IPG fiber laser and can produce parts at build rates up to 25cm^3/hr

Normal Build Volume of 125x125x125 mm and a Reduced Build Volume of 50x50x50 mm

Laser control system that tracks defects across each build layer

High powered surface grinding lathe machine enabling the fabrication and study of gradient metals and alloys

Parameters:

Field-assisted sintering system that combines temperature and pressure common in conventional sintering with the addition of an electric field for improved and faster sintering.

Allows fabrication of nanocrystalline metals and ceramics from powder processing

Nanoindentation system that employs both Berkovich and Conical tips to allow for both low load (below 15 uN) and high load indentation and scratch testing experiments

Enables the measurement of load and displacement for assessing the plastic response of materials and extracting hardness, modulus and wear resistance data

Sophisticated indentation system that allows for the measurement of load and displacement in-situ inside and SEM

Employed to conduct micropillar compression experiments, both at room temperature and up to ~700 degrees celsius

Small scale tension load frame enabling in-situ tension testing at ambient and elevated temperatures

Possesses 100N and 10kN load cells and can test a range of materials at up to 1000C

Capable of depositing 2 different materials at the same time

Layer resolution of 500 um