Lab Equipment

Selected Lab Equipment

available at Attophotonics & its partners
 

Nanocoating Technology

sputter coaters:

• sputter coater ‘LAB’

round targets (56 mm diameter)
14 m³/h pre-pump
turbo-pumped
> 20 cm rotating table
300 W pulsed DC power supply
 

• sputter coater ‘TECHNIK’

Film roller coater
< 30 cm width
2 bar targets (340 -370 mm)
68 m³/h pre-pump
turbo-pumped
10 kW power supply
2 reactive gases

evaporation coater

4 crucibles
rotating table top down (25 cm diameter)
thermal evaporation
E-beam capacitive unit
oil diffusion pumped

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Microscopy

microscopes:

• surface tunneling microscope (STM)
• atomic force microscope (AFM)
• inverse microscope with phase contrast and camera
• standard microscope
• binocular microscope
• 5 axis reflection microscope
• fluorescence microscope
• Z-scanning unit for 3D light and fluorescence microscopy

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Chemistry & Biotechnology

HPLC-system

auto-sampler
tertiary pump system
detectors: UV-VIS, fluorescence
auto-collector
PC-controlled

(ATR)-FTIR-spectrometer

Raman-spectrometer

spectral range: 200-2200 cm-1
laser: 785 nm
resolution: 4 cm-1
camera: CCD (with Thermo Electric Cooler (TEC))

photometers:

• various VIS- & UV/VIS-photometers
• microtiter-plate reader
• Fiber-optic reflection spectral photometer with PC-interface

fluorimeters:

• microtiter-plate fluorimeter
• flow-through fluorimeter

cleanroom bench

with Teflon bath and pumping system, particle filter,...

dispersers:

developed in cooperation with FHWN

• big vertical disperser with double-head system and trough

• horizontal heating-bath disperser (stainless steel)

reactors:

• high pressure vapor reactor

max. pressure: 8 bar
spray head for chemicals
integrated milling system

• 200 l reactor (see Technikum)

ball mill

vibration sieving machine

centrifuges:

various e.g.

• table-top centrifuge for 8 x 50 ml tubes
• table-top centrifuge for 1.5-2 ml reaction tubes
• minifuge

electrochemistry:

• ~ 15 potentiostates with various options (DC / AC / phase) down to fA sensitivity with PC control

electrophoresis unit

horizontal

PCR:

• PCR-thermocycler
• PCR-real-time-thermocycler

mill

ball mill up to 2 kg
using ultra-hard zirconia-based ceramic balls

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)

heating & cooling units

mixers, stirrers & shakers

several power supplies

chemicals:

> 800 in-house

~ 1000 external

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Surface Technology

• Taber abrasion tester

• Martindale abrasion tester

• corrosion test chamber

for DIN50021 corrosion tests
volume: 450 litres
for treatment of samples with NaCl-solutions, diluted acidic acid or sulfur-containing solutions (not H₂S!)

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Lasers

laser systems:

• CO2-laser system

CO2-laser
XYZ-table 430 x 300 mm
computer controlled

• Argon-ion laser
• He/Ne-lasers
• various laser diode-based systems (IR to UV)

Printing Technology

nano-printing station

printing unit for flexo, gravure and nano coating
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
UV-crosslinking station
active carbon air filter unit
jet-wash unit
PC-controlled drying unit
hot-embossing unit

developed in collaboration with FHWN

screen printing unit (800 prints / hour)

UV-crosslinking unit with belt system

“Roll-to-belt” cutter & lamination system

double rakel test coater

flow coating test system

ozone generator

CVD coater at atmospheric pressure (SiO2,..)

Engineering

lathe

high pressure press

desktop engraver

sheet metal bender

boring and milling machine

standard workshop equipment

Attophotonics Technikum

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