Equipments

  • Bulk Sample preparations
    1)Drying furnace, (2)Microbalance分解率10μg), (3)auto agate mortar,(4)Isostatic pressing, (5)Home-made tube furnace(programmable maximum 1500℃), (6)High temperature furnace (Max. 1700℃ and gas-flow are avaible),(7)Spark Plasmas Sintering sytem SPS-210SH ((T<2400℃, Force:0.2-21.3kN) (8)Bridgman furnace (Max. 1800℃, Two zones ,(9) RTA (Rapidly thermal Annealing furance)(Heating rate>50℃/min.),(10)Cutter with goniometer, (11)Polishing machine, (12) Quick coater.

drying ovenmicrobalance.jpgIMGP0199

isostatic pressingFurnaceFull-tech-1700C

SPS210SH2Bridgman furnaceMila5000UHV2

Cutter with goniometerPolishingQuick coater2

  • Thin film preparation by chemical solution technique  (1)Reflux condensor, (2) Rotavapor, (3) Glovebox, (4) Spincoater.

  • Structural analysis:Powder X-ray

Bruker-X-ray

  • Suface・Nano-characterization・Ferroelectric domain observation & swithching:AFM & PFM(Piezo-Force Microscopy)

  • Optical observations
    (1)T-variable Polarized-light microscope (Linkam 19100L, T:83K-873K, Lens:x2,x5,x10,x20,x50,x100. For topography observation, ferroelectric domain observation under electric field. With two probe, dielectric measurements for thin film is also avaible. ,(2) Interferometer for linear E-O efficient measurements

Polarization microscopyinterferometer2

  • Electrical measurements
    (1)Poling machine (T-250℃, poling voltage:20kV), (2) Piezo d33/d31 meter(ZJ-6B),(3)Keithley 6517 electrometer/High resistance meter, (4) Precision LCR meter E4980(200Hz-2MHz),(5)FCE-3 ferroelectric measurement system ( D-E loop, Strain-E loop, strain range: 1nm-50000nm, voltage range:0-1o kV , T: 173-473 K, (6) Low-Temperature measurement system (T:4K-450 K, Dielectric, D-E loop, resistance, optical measurements are available,(7) Home-made high-temperature dielectric measurement system (290-1300K, available for thin film measurements),(8)Ferroelectrics tester for thin film. (9)Capacitive displacement measurements system (T:-70~250℃ & (10) Measurement results for X-cut quartz.,

HighVolt20kVPiezometer6517B

FCE-3 FEsystemLTS-205-TL-4W-3

HT-dielectrieHT-electric-4