CMP LAB
Disclaimer: I am pleased to state the following statements. The many apparatus addressed in this page were acquired upon great helps from many professors in PNU. Without their helps and willingness to transfer, it is not possible to set-up the lab in this way.
Synthesis
Bulk synthesis
- A programmable box furnace (Max. working temp.: 1100oC)
- A custom-made programmable box furnace (Max. working temp.: 1350oC)
- Two programmable vertical furnaces for Bridgman method (Max. working temp.: 1300oC)
- A programmable box furnace (Max. working temp.: 1400oC) (Daemyoung) for substrate treatments
- A programmable tube furnace (Max. working temp.: 1100oC) for various chemical reactions (forming gas, O2, N2, and Ar flow)
Film synthesis
- Physical Vapor Deposition System I: RF/DC magnetron sputtering system with three guns [Now reserved through QMCF]
- PLD & sputtering system
- Chamber is designed for other in-situ characterizations (RHEED & spectroscopic ellipsometry)
- Pressure: 1.0e-7 Torr and Max. working temp.: 850oC
- Thin films, superlattices, and alloy films of oxides and intermetallic compounds
- Spectra Physics (Quanta Ray 230) & Nd:YAG pulse laser (10 Hz)
- Laser power/energy meter (Ophir) for real-time monitoring of laser energy
Pre-and Post-sample processing
- Glovebox
- Pellet press (Bun Do)
- Automatic desktop grinder
- Wirebonder (Nextron)
- Custom-made crystal cutting machine
- Torch system for quartz tube sealing
- Ball-mill
Characterization tools
Mechanical property
- Vickers hardness testing system (not ready)
Electrical property
- Low temperature transport set-up: CTI cryostat system (7.5 ~ 325 K), Lakeshore 331
- High temperature transport set-up: a custom-made tube furnace (RT ~ 800oC) - can be used for real-time observation of electronic phase transition and chemical reactions
- Microprobe station (Nextron's MPS-PT) (-40oC ~ 200oC) [Now reserved through QMCF]
- Cryogenic dewar with 7 T magnet: Janis (SVM) and 622 superconducting magnet power supply
- Impedance: Hioki IM3533-01 (1 mHz ~ 200 kHz), Hioki IM3570 (4 Hz ~ 5 MHz)
- Source meter: Keitheley 2450, Keitheley 2400
- Voltmeter: HP34420A, Keitheley 6500, Keitheley 2000
- Lock-in amplifier: SRS 830
- Oscilloscope: Tek Oscilloscope
Structural property
Magnetic property
- Vibrating Sample Magnetometer (Lakeshore) - Currently RT measurement only (Co-operated by Prof. S. Park)
Optical property
- Woollam variable angle spectroscopic ellipsometer [Now reserved through QMCF]
- Two optical tables
- Janis microscopy cryostat ST-500 (Janis) with Lakeshore 335 temperature controller
Others
- (Software) LABVIEW 2016 (Lab automation)
- (Software) CrystalMaker & Single Crystal (Visualization of crystal structure and diffraction simulation)
- (Software) OriginLab 2017 (Data analysis and processing)
- (Software) ZView (Data analysis and processing)
- Dremel 4000 6/50 high performance rotary tool kit
- Drilling machine, Mini Lathe, Diamond cutter, and etc. for machining
Shared facilities
PNU Center for Research Facilities: VSM, LIBS, EPMA, SEM-EDS & EBSD, SQUID, HR-XRD and XPS
PKNU Center for Research Facilities
HHU Center for Research Facilities: HR-XRD
PNU QMCF: HR-XRD, PVDs, and Probe-station
MOU
User facilities
Pohang accelerator laboratory: XAS and XRS
Korea multi-purpose accelerator complex: Ion beam implantation
CNMS, ORNL: PLD
SNS, ORNL: Neutron scattering
NCNR, NIST: PNR