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) for flux growth and solid state reaction
- A custom-made programmable box furnace (Furnace R, Max. working temp.: 1350oC) for flux growth and solid state reaction
- Two programmable vertical furnaces (Max. working temp.: 1300oC) for Bridgman method
- A custom-made programmable vertical furnace (Max. working temp. 1100oC) for single crystal growth, i.e. TSSG method
- A programmable box furnace (Max. working temp.: 1400oC) (Daemyoung) for substrate treatments and sintering of polycrystalline specimen
- A programmable tube furnace (Max. working temp.: 1100oC) for various chemical reactions (forming gas, O2, N2, and Ar flow)
- A mini-box furnace (C-model from HanTech, Working temp.: 900oC) for solid-state ion exchange exp.
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
- Nd:YAG pulse laser (Spectron Physics, 10 Hz)
- Laser power/energy meter (Ophir) for real-time monitoring of laser energy
- Custom-built Thermal evaporator for lithium
- PLD chamber for non-oxides (under construction)
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 system for real-time XRD & transport measurements (Proto-type, Nextron) (RT ~ 1000oC): co-developed with Nextron using the generous fund from Busan Metropolitan City
- Microprobe system (Nextron) (RT ~ 450oC)
- Microprobe station (Nextron's MPS-PT) (-40oC ~ 200oC) [Now reserved through QMCF]
- 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
Structural property
Magnetic property
- Vibrating Sample Magnetometer (Lakeshore) - Currently RT measurement only (Co-operated by Prof. S. Park)
- Mangetic Property Measurement System 7 with LHe recycling system (Quantum Design Inc.) [Under repair]
Optical property
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