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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Nanocoating Technology
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sputter coaters:
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round targets (56 mm diameter) 14 m3/h pre-pump turbo-pumped > 20 cm rotating table 300 W pulsed DC power supply
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sputter coater ‘LAB’ |
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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
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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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Microscopy
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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
- fluorescence microscope
- Z-scanning unit for 3D light and fluorescence microscopy
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Chemistry & Biotechnology
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HPLC-system
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auto-sampler tertiary pump system detectors: UV-VIS, fluorescence auto-collector PC-controlled
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(ATR)-FTIR-spectrometer
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Raman-spectrometer
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spectral range: 200-2200 cm-1 laser: 785 nm resolution: 4 cm-1 camera: CCD (with Thermo Electric Cooler (TEC))
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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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cleanroom bench
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with Teflon bath and pumping system, particle filter,...
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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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reactors:
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- high pressure vapor reactor
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max. pressure: 8 bar spray head for chemicals integrated milling system
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ball mill
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vibration sieving machine
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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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Surface Technology
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- Martindale abrasion tester
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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
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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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Printing Technology
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nano-printing station
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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
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screen printing unit (800 prints / hour)
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UV-crosslinking unit with belt system
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“Roll-to-belt” cutter & lamination system
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double rakel test coater
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flow coating test system
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ozone generator
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CVD coater at atmospheric pressure (SiO2,..)
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Engineering
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lathe
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high pressure press
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desktop engraver
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sheet metal bender
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boring and milling machine
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standard workshop equipment
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Attophotonics Technikum
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