Facilities

troughs
Elaboration of Langmuir films

A range of Langmuir troughs, allowing vertical and horizontal transfers as well as surface potential, in-situ UV-Vis and Brewster Angle Microscopy measurements

films
Thin film preparation

Aerosol Jet Printer, Dr. Blade, Lamination at controlled temperature, spin-coater, dip-coater

labs
Lab space

Various labs with hoods, Schlenk line, ovens ...

glove-boxes
Glove box

Two own glove-boxes for batteries fabrication and other manipulations under Ar

mgtadiab
Adiabatic magnetothermal setups

Unique adiabatic magnetothermal setups developed in our lab to measure accurate SAR(T) (100-350 K)

batteries
Batteries

Electrochemical and electrical characterization of batteries and semi-batteries

photobatteries
Photo-batteries

photo-electric characterization of photo-batteries

powders
Purification, mixing

Glass oven, roto-evaporator, planetary mixer, centrifuge

magnetothermal
Magneto-thermal properties

dc and ac magnetometry, DSC, relaxation and adiabatic calorimetry (UZ and INMA services)

AFM
Microscopy

Own AFM
TEM and SEM (UZ services)

DLS
Dynamic Light Scattering

Determination of particle size distribution and zeta-potential (LEMA group infrastructure)

spectro
Spectroscopic characterization

UV-Vis and IR spectrometers
XPS and Raman spectroscopy (UZ and INMA services)

sirius
Structural characterization

Standard powder and single-crystal diffraction (UZ and INMA services)
Synchrotron SCXRD (ALBA, ALS), GIXD and GISAXS also at the air-water interface (SIRIUS-SOLEIL)