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Research Zernike (ZIAM) Photophysics and OptoElectronics Loi Group

Research facilities

A selection of the research facilities available in our group:

Clean room
Clean room
  • A cleanroom class 7 with several glove boxes for spin coating, evaporators and preparation of solutions
Evaporators inside glove box
Evaporators inside glove box
  • Evaporators for deposition of thin layers of metals/compounds or organic materials
Spin coater inside glove box
Spin coater inside glove box
  • Spin coaters outside (air environment) or inside glove box (N2 environment)
DektakXT
DektakXT
  • Bruker Dektak XT profilometer to determine layer thickness and (large scale) roughness. Computer controlled XY table, vertical resolution down to nanometer scale, horizontal range μm - cm
PL set-up
PL set-up
  • Photoluminescence (PL) set-up: Titanium sapphire laser (Mira900) based femtosecond laser excitation. Steady state and time resolved (up to 1 ps resolution) measurements in the visible and NIR spectral range thanks to sets of Hamamatsu streak cameras and steady state detectors. The set-up is equipped with a second and third harmonic generator and it can be coupled to the confocal microscope.
Nikon Eclipse Ti
Nikon Eclipse Ti
  • Nikon Eclipse Ti confocal inverted microscope
Pump probe set-up
Pump probe set-up
  • Self-built transient absorption set-up based on a supercontinuum laser source and an auto-balanced photodetector. The laser covers a spectral range from 400 to 1400 nm with an overall time resolution of around 10 ps. A maximum delay of 6 ns is possible in the current configuration. Also see our publication .
MBraun Glove box
MBraun Glove box
  • MBraun glove boxes with N2 environment for electrical measurements of Organic Solar Cells characteristics
Doctor Blading
Doctor Blading
  • Zehntner ZAA 2300 automatic film applicator with a kniveblade; adjustable speed, heated surface, adjustable knife height
Probe station inside glove box
Probe station inside glove box
  • Probe station for measurements of Organic Solar Cells characteristics
Agilent E5270B
Agilent E5270B
  • Agilent E5262A, E5270B & Keithley 4200-SCS IV Analyzers / Semiconductor Characterization Systems
Ellipsometer J.A. Wollam
Ellipsometer J.A. Wollam
  • Ellipsometer J.A. Wollam V-Vase VB-400 for determining thickness and optical properties of thin films
Atomic force microscope
Atomic force microscope
  • Bruker Dimension Icon AFM (samples up to 6"), atomic resolution, Scanassist, Peakforce tapping, electrical modes
EQE setup
EQE setup
  • Homemade optical setup to determine the EQE of a solar cell
PIA set-up
PIA set-up
  • Photoinduced absorption (PIA) spectroscopy set-up: self-built quasi-steady state photoinduced absorption set-up based on the chopper wheel technique. Several different diode lasers can be used for excitation and a spectral range from the visible to NIR can be covered. The set-up is compatible with a liquid helium cryostat.
Shimadzu UV-3600
Shimadzu UV-3600
  • Shimadzu UV-3600
Shimadzu IR Tracer100
Shimadzu IR Tracer100
  • Shimadzu IRTracer-100
SFT Maskless lithography system
SFT Maskless lithography system
  • Maskless Lithography system from Smart Force Technologies (now Microlight3D), Field-Of-View 25.6 mm x 14.4 mm, XY motorized stage, resolution down to 2 μm
Renishaw Raman Qontor
Renishaw Raman Qontor
  • Renishaw confocal Raman in Via Qontor (includes 2 lasers emitting @ 532 and 786 nm, goes down to 10 cm-1),
Last modified:10 September 2020 1.45 p.m.