Instruments

Sample preparation Aids for sample preparation & Sample characterisation Physical properties measurement & analysis

Sample preparation

  • Muffle furnace Muffle furnaceMake: Denken Highdental
    This is a general-purpose electric furnace that anneals samples in the ambient atmosphere.
  • Mono-arc furnace Mono-arc furnaceMake: G.E.S Corporation
    Polycrystalline samples, mainly intermetallic compounds, can be grown by arc melting.
  • 3 zone furnace 3 zone furnaceMake: Koyo Thermos Systems
    This is a horizontal tube furnace that can create a temperature gradient. It is mainly used for single crystal growth by the chemical vapour transport method.
  • Bridgman furnace Bridgman furnaceMake: Crystal Systems
    Single crystals can be grown by slowly travelling in a temperature gradient.
  • Tube furnace with flowing gas Tube furnace with flowing gasMake: Asahi Rika
    This horizontal tube furnace can anneal samples in a hydrogen or nitrogen gas atmosphere. It can also be used as a standard 3-zone furnace.

Aids for sample preparation & Sample characterisation

  • Sealing station Sealing stationThis assists in the sealing of quartz tubes using a gas burner. A rotary pump and turbo-molecular pump are equipped for evacuation and Ar gas filling.
  • Glovebox GloveboxMake: Miwa Manufacturing
    This is a purge-type glovebox and can handle samples in an Ar atmosphere. Weighing samples and storing air-sensitive samples in Teflon bags etc. are possible.
  • Diamond wheel saw Diamond wheel sawーMake: Meiwafosis
    This is used for cutting single crystals that have been aligned for neutron or x-ray measurements.
  • Optical microscope with a manipulator Optical microscope with a manipulatorMake: Olympus & NARISHIGE
    This can also be used as a polarisation microscope.
  • Milling machine/desktop drilling machine Milling machine/desktop drilling machineMake: HOZAN
    We perform easy machinings and reshape crucibles for crystal growth.
  • Microtome MicrotomeMake: Yamato Kohki Industrial
    This can slice samples with the accuracy of a micrometre.

Physical properties measurement & analysis

  • PPMS PPMSMake: Quantum Design
    Electric and Hall resistivity can effectively be measured under an applied magnetic field up to 9 T. Dielectric constant and electric polarisation can also be measured using a hand-made probe, and magnetic torque measurement is possible.
  • MPMS (open for users@Lab of low temperature materials science) MPMS (open for users@Lab of low temperature materials science) Make: Quantum Design
    Thi is commonly known as SQUID-1. DC and AC magnetisation measurement up to 5 T is possible.
  • MPMS (open for users@Lab of low temperature materials science) MPMS (open for users@Lab of low temperature materials science) Make: Quantum Design
    This is commonly known as SQUID-2. DC magnetisation measurement up to 7 T is possible.
  • Nanovoltmeter Nanovoltmeter Make: Keithley* テキスト手配中
  • Cryogenic temperature controller Cryogenic temperature controller Make: Lakeshore* テキスト手配中
  • DC Voltage Current Source DC Voltage Current Source Make: ADCMT* テキスト手配中
  • Digital Lock-in amplifier Digital Lock-in amplifier Make: NF Corporation* テキスト手配中
  • AC/DC current source AC/DC current source Make: Keithley* テキスト手配中
  • LCR meter LCR meterMake: Keysight* テキスト手配中
  • Neutron powder diffractometer HERMES Neutron powder diffractometer HERMES This is installed at the T1-3 port of the guide hall of JRR-3. Neutron powder diffraction measurement is possible under various sample environments.
  • Workstation WorkstationMake: Dospara
    This is commonly known as monogon.
  • Workstation WorkstationMake: HP
    This is commonly known as digon.