Equipment

  • crystal growth:
    • vapor transport balance (HTM Reetz)
    • 2-zone furnaces (HTM Reetz)
  • crystal structure analysis:
    • X-ray diffraktometer D2 PHASER (Bruker AXS)
  • thermal analysis:
    • DSC1 (Mettler Toledo)
    • DSC 204 F1 Phoenix (NETZSCH)
    • simultanous TGA-DTA/DSC STA 449 F3 Jupiter (NETZSCH) with optional humidity adsorption MHG-32 (NETZSCH) and mass spectrometer QMS 403 D Aeolos (NETZSCH)
    • micro-reaction-calorimeter µRC (Thermal Hazard Technology)
    • high temperature gas balance (HTM Reetz)
    • IR-Thermography for high-throughput analytic
  • documentation:
    • stereomicroscope Stemi 2000-C (Zeiss) with camera Moticam 5 (Motic)
  • modeling software:
    • FactSage
    • TRAGMIN