Several mills including a Roller (Ball) Mill, Planetary Mill, Spex Mill, Attrition (Bead) Mill, and 3-Roll Mill provide a variety of options and capabilities for mixing and particle size reduction. We also have a rotary evaporator for segregation-free drying of powders as well as uniaxial presses and a cold isostatic press (CIP) for consolidation.

With a Berlincourt-style meter, we can quickly and easily measure the direct piezoelectric response of macroscopic samples. An Agilent 4294A enables resonant measurements up to 110MHz. Finally, we have priority access to an Asylum MFP-3D scanning probe instrument with the high voltage PFM add-on.

 

With an aixACCT DBLI, we can collect even higher resolution piezoelectric measurements. The dual-beam laser interferometers (DBLI) allow us to perform piezoelectric characterization on thin films, from 1 inch manually to 8 inches semi-automatically. We can also use the DBLI to determine the d33 coefficient of clamped layers quickly, precisely and with a high degree of reproducibility.

With a Keithley 237 Source Measure Unit, multiple oscilloscopes, a wide variety of high and low voltage power supplies, voltmeters, pulse generators, and other miscellaneous electronics, we can build a number of custom AC, DC, or pulsed test beds.

 

With a self-designed transimpedance amplifier and high-speed voltage source, we can measure high power and high speed current response (~200 mA under ~200 V in 200 ns). The instrumentation detail is found here.