Shared Facilities

A new compact angle-resolving spin spectrometer is available at UA, on loan from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Combining high angular resolution of electron detection in x-ray photoemission with spin resolving capabilities (mini-Mott) enables precise determination of magnetic elements and their location on the surface via photoelectron diffraction. This technique can be applied to spin-dependent band […]

During the past four years, UA has installed over $5M of new instrumentation in UA’s CAF. These instruments were obtained through NSF-sponsored Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) awards in 2003, 2004 and 2007 as well as internal investments at UA. The CAF is a general user facility managed by Dr. Mike Bersch (director), Dr. Mohammed Shamsuzzoha […]

The MINT Center houses two X-ray diffractometers, a Philips X’pert and Rigaku Diffractometer with Cu Kα sources. Additionally, a Bruker Discovery D8 Diffractometer, with a General Area Diffraction Detector (GADDS, 2D detector), is housed in the Metallurgical Engineering Department. The Bruker has a 5-axis goinometer enabling it to sample various diffraction angels for texture analysis […]

The MRSEC uses a variety of physical vapor deposition systems within the MINT Center and the MFF. MRSEC funds were used to construct two custom-built UHV sputtering systems with 6 and 8 sputtering guns, respectively, using dc or rf sources. The main chambers reach a base pressure <10-9 Torr, with auxiliary load lock chambers […]

Two 30 node computer clusters are used for computations. Available software for electronic structure calculations includes the Vienna Ab-Initio Simulation Package (VASP), the Layer Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker code, NW Chem, Atomistix Tool-kit, as well as locally written software. Magnetic simulations are performed with a locally written code (AlaMag), with a popular open source code (OOMMF), […]

The MFF is a self-contained user facility administered by the CAF. It consists of several deposition and etch units, as well as capabilities for photolithography, enclosed in a Class 100/1000 clean room. A full-time research scientist oversees the facility on a daily basis, with the assistance of post-doctoral, graduate and undergraduate researchers. Together they train […]

Two Clean Rooms
Vac-Tec Four Target RF-DC Multilayer Sputtering System
Key Four Target RF-DC Sputtering System
10 target Ultra-Clean Magnetron Sputtering System with insitu Auger Analysis
8 target Ultra-Clean Magnetron Sputtering System with […]

The MINT Center houses several magnetometers, including a DMS Model 880 VSM with temperature control from 125-525K; a Princeton Measurements Micromag Model 2900 Alternating Gradient Magnetometer with temperature control from 50-500 K; a Quantum Design MPMS SQUID magnetometer with temperature control from 4-375K and a maximum field of 5 T; an Oxford MagLab VSM with […]