Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development
Physico-chemical and microstructural characterisation
The microstructural and physico-chemical characterisation aims at optimizing the process parameters under development and at defining the characteristics of materials. The available techniques include: optical and electronic microscopy equipped with x-ray microanalysis (SEM-EDS), x-ray diffractometry (XRD), thermogravimetric analysis (TG-DTA), atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES), spectrophotometry, epifluorescence microscopy and rheological analysis.
x-ray diffractometer equipped with monochromator
Thermogravimetric analysis TG-DTA up to 1650 °C
ICP-OES, simultaneous elemental analyser, Perkin Elmer Optima 3300DV
Fluorescence Spectrometer for solution and in thin films with supplementary integrating sphere (FS920 - Edinburgh Instruments)
Scanning electron microscope (SEM, Leo 438-VP) equipped with Oxford Link ISIS 300 EDS microanalysis system
Epifluorescence microscope with UV-2A filters (Nikon Eclipse Ni)
UV- visible spectrophotometer for solutions and thin films (Cary 100 Scan – Agilent)
Inverted metallurgical microscope (Reichert Jung, MeF3)
Rotational Rheometer (Kinexus PRO+ -Malvern)