Contact

tel.: 218 419 226
e-mail: b.saramago@tecnico.ulisboa.pt

Access Conditions

It is only possible to make use of the equipment in case of collaboration with professors/researchers. It is not possible to set appointments for equipment use

LocationInstituto Superior Técnico, Avenida Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, South Tower, 6^th floor

Ramé-hart Goniometers

Equipment

Temperature control up to 200ºC

Applications

Used for contact angle and surface tension measurements

 

Quartz crystal microbalance

Q-sense E4 | QCM Z 500

Applications

Allows for several kinds of measurements: mass variation per unit area, adsorption to diversely coated quartz sensors, viscosities and absorption of vapours to thin films.

Edway Research Spinner

SC 101 R485

Applications

Used for the deposition of liquid films in solid substrates

 

Wilhelmy plate

Applications

Used to measure equilibrium surface or interfacial tension at an air–liquid or liquid–liquid interface

 

Plasma and UV-ozone cleaners

Applications

Used to clean substrates in order to prepare them for coating depositions

 

Microcal Differential Scanning Calorimeter

Equipment

Multi-purpose calorimeter

Microwatt sensitivity for continuous temperature scanning

Applications

Step-scanning and isothermal measurements of phase transformations thermodynamics and kinetics data and determination of transformation temperatures

Surfaces - INESC

Responsible: João Pedro Conde

Contacts

Tel.: 213 100 237

Fax: 213 145 843

e-mail:geral@inesc-mn.pt

Profilometer (1)

Dektak 3030ST

Equipment

Measurements are made electromechanically by moving the sample beneath a 12.5 micron diameter stylus

Applications

Measurements of surface textures below 10's of nm and film thickness up to 131 microns with a 10 to 20 Å resolution

Analysis of roughness, waviness and geometric measurements

Location

Rua Alves Redol, Nº9, Clean room Class 100

Profilometer (2)

Tencor Alphastep 200 step

Equipment

Deposited films can be soft materials for which the stylus force can be adjusted

Maximum measurement range: 160 mm vertical scale and 10,000 mm horizontal scale

Resolution: 5 Å vertical scale and 400 Å horizontal scale

Applications

Measurement of surface profiles (with features down to 10's of Å in height), average surface roughness of deposited films and substrate materials

Location

Rua Alves Redol, Nº9, PDMS room

Sample Preparation

Responsible: Alberto Cabral Ferro

Contact

ext.: 3989

e-mail: alberto.ferro@ist.ulisboa.pt

Access Conditions

To know more or have access to the list of facilities please contact the person(s) mentioned above

Location

Setúbal pole: Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal - Escola Superior de Tecnologia de Setúbal - Department of Mechanical Engineering

Applications

These equipments are used for the development and characterization of materials engineered so that multiple length scales are simultaneously produced. Particular focus is put on the production by the powder route of bulk nanostructured metal/ceramic or ceramic/ceramic composites with multiscale dispersions tailored for functional and structural performance under extreme conditions. Means are also provided for the production and characterization of colloidal suspensions, fine mineral base materials, and natural grown biostructures

Planetary Ball Mill Retsch PM 100 Applications Used to mill a material into a fine powder

Hydraulic Presses

Equipment

Hot plates

Maximum temperature 200 ºC

Controlled atmosphere furnace | Chamber Furnace

CARBOLITE STF | TERMOLAB MLM

Equipment

Temperature up to 1500ºC

Applications

General equipment for colloidal processing

Profilometer

MITUTOYO Contracer CP-200

Applications

General equipment for colloidal processing

Viscosimeter

FUNGILAB Smart L

Applications

General equipment for colloidal processing