Multi-Scale Laboratory
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Multi-scale lab

The multi-scale lab is equipped for the microscopic and mesoscopic ana- lysis of microstructures and thin films as well as the analysis of the inter- acting length scales upon deformation

Equipment

year

K€

Confocal optics, 10x objective

2009

1

High-end dedicated lithography system for SEM

2009

40

Edax Element Analysis, GENESIS APEX 2 Syst 60 for SEM with APOLLO XP SDD

2009

63

Zeiss stereo Microscope Stand, SDA, free 360~ rotation

2009

2

Biaxial Marciniak Stage, up to 150kN, GTD TU/e

2009

40

Feritscope, Fischer Instruments

2009

6

Nanomanipulators,  Kleindiek nanotechnik Gmbh

2009

70

Quanta 600F ESEM incl heating stages up to 1500C and Pt deposition

2009

400

50 N Load cell, Kammrath/Weiss tensile stage

2009

2

20 N Load cell, Kammrath/Weiss tensile stage

2008

3

Plug-in’s and optics

2008

15

Update AFM, Digital Instruments DI 3100 incl STM, MFM and HarmoniX

2008

71

MicroIndenter with DMA and CMC,  CSM instruments

2008

77

Liquid Nitrogen Safe Fill system 

2008

7

Stereo Microscope V20, Zeiss

2008

28

Nano-Indenter, Scanning, scratching/wear and high temp, Micro-Materials

2008

3

Atomic Force & Scanning Tunneling Microscope, NanoSurf 2

2007

48

Clamping Kammrath/Weiss tensile stage/Climatebox

2007

23

ScratchHead NanoIndenter

2007

13

Gun Head UHR-SEM (FEI Sirion)

2007

14

Nanotom CT Scanner

2007

233

Cluster plus software Nanotom

2007

48

Target system for automatic target preparation

2006

75

Dual head confocal-laser interferometer

2005

115

Polarization microscope

2005

70

Kammrath + Weiss tensile stage

2005

40

Submicron tensile stage

2005

32

Olympus metaalmicroscoop

2005

17

TDAS

2005

16

Indentors

2005

2

Thermal-mechanical microloading stage (Kammrath & Weiss), with 5000N and 500N load cells

2004

96

Vacuum tube furnace (Carbolite HVT 12/60/700, 60 mm tube

2004

65

Digital Image Correlation (DIC) system/software

2004

55

AFM tips and holders

2004

13

Scanning Electron Microscopy

UHR-SEM (FEI Sirion) equipped with OIM Pegasus, EDX (Edax)

2003

490

Lateral Force Apparatus, GTD, TU/e, single asperity friction dynamics on micron scale

2003

120

Nano-indenter XP with CSM, and DCM, MTS 

2002

184

Micro tensile stages, Deben Microtest 5 kN, load cells 5200 N; 2184 N; 690 N

1999

150

Deben Microtest 2 kN, loadcells 2184 N; 690 N

1999

15

Micro bending stage, Deben Microtest, load cells 1160 N; 2150 N

1999

15

Stereo-microscopy, Zeiss Stemi 2000

1999

6

Philips XL 30 ESEM-FEG, equipped with GSE, SE, BSE detectors, EDX

1998

680

Reflected light microscopy, Zeiss Axioplan 2 with AxioCam

1998

68

Atomic Force Microscopy, Digital Instruments DI 3100

1998

150

Nano-indenter, GTD TU/e

1997

95

Nano-indenter, GTD TU/e

1994

50

Ruchi

For more information about this laboratory you may contact:
Visit the home page of Johan 
Johan Hoefnagels GEM-Z 4.122   5894 J.P.M.Hoefnagels@tue.nl 
or
Visit the home page of Marc 
Marc Geers GEM-Z 4.135   5076 M.G.D.Geers@tue.nl 
or
Visit the home page of Han 
Han Meijer GEM-Z 4.140   4827 h.e.h.meijer@tue.nl