Lab Equipment
Attophotonics’ research and development profits the close cooperation of lab and workshop. The production facilities of the company (e.g. in the Attophotonics Technikum) can be adapted flexibly to our costumers’ demands and are being continuously upgraded.
See below an overview of our instruments and materials:
Selected Lab Equipment
available at Attophotonics & its partners
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microscopes:
- surface tunneling microscope (STM)
- atomic force microscope (AFM)
- inverse microscope with phase contrast and camera
- standard microscope
- binocular microscope
- 5 axis reflection microscope
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cleanroom bench
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with Teflon bath and pumping system, particle filter,...
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sputter coaters:
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round targets (56 mm diameter)
8 m2 pre-pump
turbo-pumped
> 20 cm rotating table
200 W power supply
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Film roller coater
< 30 cm width
2 bar targets (340 -370 mm)
68 m3 pre-pump
turbo-pumped
10 kW power supply
2 reactive gases
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sputter coater ‘LAB’
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evaporation coater
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4 crucibles
rotating table top down (25 cm diameter)
thermal evaporation
E-beam capacitive unit
oil diffusion pumped
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laser systems:
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CO2-laser
XYZ-table 430 x 300 mm
computer controlled
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- Argon-ion laser
- He/Ne-lasers
- various laser diode-based systems (IR to UV)
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nano-printing station
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max. width 30 cm
roll length up to 1 km
ultra compact film unit with < 7 m material loss
computer-controlled with tension and speed sensors
corona unit 35 cm width
printing unit for flexo, gravure and nano coating
UV-crosslinking station
active carbon air filter unit
jet-wash unit
PC-controlled drying unit
hot-embossing unit
(developed in collaboration with FHWN)
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photometers:
- various VIS- & UV/VIS-photometers
- microtiter-plate reader
- Fiber-optic reflection spectral photometer with PC-interface
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fluorimeters:
- microtiter-plate fluorimeter
- flow-through fluorimeter
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dispersers:
developed in cooperation with FHWN
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- big vertical disperser with double-head system and trough
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- horizontal heating-bath disperser (stainless steel)
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centrifuges:
various e.g.
- table-top centrifuge for 8 x 50 ml tubes
- table-top centrifuge for 1.5-2 ml reaction tubes
- minifuge
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electrochemistry:
- ~ 15 potentiostates with various options (DC / AC / phase) down to fA sensitivity with PC control
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electrophoresis unit
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horizontal
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PCR:
- PCR-thermocycler
- PCR-real-time-thermocycler
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mill
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ball mill up to 2 kg
using ultra-hard zirconia-based ceramic balls
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ovens:
- large chemical oven (up to 200 °C)
- “Muffel”-oven (up to 1100 °C, with Argon purging system)
- large electric ceramic kiln (up to 1300 °C)
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heating & cooling units
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mixers, stirrers & shakers
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several power supplies
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chemicals:
> 800 in-house
~ 1000 external
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etc.
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