Crystal Growth SEF @ Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Used for: | Crystal Growth | Crystallography |
The Crystal Growth shared experimental facility in the CMSE is a resource available to users within and outside of MIT community. We have optical floating-zone furnaces, top-seeded growth furnaces, 3-zone tube furnace, box furnaces, arc melting furnace and cutting/polishing equipments to satisfy the needs of crystal growth. Facilities for characterization of crystals include SQUID magnetometers and ICP-AES. The project can be arranged as a contract to work or trained researchers to become qualified facility users.
Instruments available:
Crystal Systems Inc. FZ-T 4000-H Optical Floating Zone Furnace
Crystal Systems Inc. FZ-T 12000-X-S Optical Floating Zone Furnace
Quantum Design AC and DC Magnetic Property Measurement System (DC/AC SQUID)
Perkin-Elmer DTA-7 Differential Thermal Analyzer (DTA)
Cutting and Polishing equipment
South Bay Technology (SBT) 810 Wire Saw
SBT 850 Wire Saw
SBT 660 Low Speed Diamond Wheel Saw
SBT 920 Lapping and Polishing Machine
SBT 250 2-Axis Goniometer
SBT lapping fixture with thickness control
Furnaces
Brick furnaces (2)
Octagon crystal pulling furnaces (2)
Tube annealing furnace (1)
Box furnaces (3)