Shared Facilities

FUNCTION:
The Surface Science Facility provides multiple-technique characterization of a variety of surfaces with regard to atomic structure, surface chemical composition, and chemical bonding characteristics.
EQUIPMENT:
1. PHI 590A Scanning Auger Microprobe: This scanning Auger microprobe is capable of standard Auger analysis with 200 nm lateral resolution and provides composition information in the top few atomic layers with […]

FUNCTION:
This facility is equipped for the metallographic preparation of specimens by producing strain-free surfaces usually examined by optical microscopy. Other applications of mechanically polished specimens involve producing strain-fee (surface) tensile specimens, optically flat electrodes, and flat substrates for subsequent thin-film depositions.
Both transmitted light and reflected light metallographs are available for photomicrography and microstructural characterizations. The […]

FUNCTION:
Understanding the properties and performance of materials requires knowledge of their characteristic structures and local compositions, often at an atomic scale and in three dimensions. NUCAPT is a laboratory where such measurements can be performed with atom-probe tomography. The microstructural features studied might typically be of the following types: Composition of second-phase precipitates or inclusions […]

FUNCTION:
The facility is devoted to materials processing, crystal growth, device fabrication, and electronic & photonic materials. An extensive list of equipment is available in the Materials Processing and Crystal Growth Facility (MPCGF) of the Materials Research Center (MRC). The facility provides microfabrication tools for general use by the Northwestern community, government and industrial researchers. Various […]

FUNCTION:
This facility maintains various magnet and cryogenic systems operating either separately or together. The systems are designed to be as flexible as possible, and to allow several types of measurements to be performed over a wide range in magnetic field, temperature, and probe frequency. The types of measurements that are routinely performed include magnetization and […]

FUNCTION:
The facility provides testing equipment for studying the mechanical behavior of materials. We have the capability of conducting tension, compression, fatigue, creep, stress rupture, impact, and 3- or 4-point bend tests. Specialized equipment is also available to perform tests in controlled atmospheres or vacuum and cover the temperature range of 4.2 K to 77.2 K.
The […]