Equipment (under construction as of 2021/4/14)
Levitation apparatus for molten materials
- Aerodynamic levitator
- Electrostatic levitator
Equipment for materials synthesis
- Electric furnace (~1600 C)
- Arc furnace
- Hot press
- Cold isostatic press
- Spark plasma sintering furnace
- Melt spinning furnace
Equipment for characterization
- X-ray diffractometer (Rigaku, Ultima IV)
- Field-emission scanning electron microscope (JEOL, JSM-6500F)
- Energy Dispersive X-ray spectrometry (JEOL, EDX-64175JMU)
- Electron backscatter diffraction (JEOL)
- Confocal laser scanning microscopy (Olympus)
Equipment for evaluation of physical properties
- Evaluation system for Seebeck coefficient and Electric resistivity (Advance Riko, ZEM-3)
- Laser flash analyzer (NETZSCH, LFA 457, LFA 467)
- Thermogravimeter-Differential Thermal Analyzer (Bruker, TG-DTA2000SA)
- Differential Scanning Calorimetry (NETZSCH, Jupitar)
- Hall effect measurement system (TOYO Co., Resitest8340)
- Sound velocity measurement system (ULTRASONIC ENGINEERING CO., LTD. UVM-2)
- Vickers hardness tester (MATSUZAWA SEIKI, MHT-1)
- Aerodynamic levitation system (two 100 W CO2 lasers, home-built)
- Electrostatic levitation system (two 100 W fiber lasers, home-built)