Sample Fabrication facilities

1) Excel make Sputtering system-1 (Recative sputtering) with 03 cathodes, load lock chamber, DC-RF power supplies

2) Excel make Magnetron sputtering system-2 with 03 cathodes, load lock chamber, DC-RF power supplies for Metals

3) Excel make Vacuum Arc melting system with difussion pump

4) Excel make PLD system equipped with KrF Laser source

5) CVD system-1

6) CVD system-2

7) Nabertherm furnace (1500 degrees)

8) Calcination furnace

9) Hot air Oven

10) Remi make centrifuge

11) Restch ball mill setup

12) Apex spin coater

13) Polishing machine

14) Miscellaneous like: Hydraulic press, Hot plates, Ultrasonicators, Weighing balance

Sample measurement facilities

1) Keithley 2450 SMU's

2) Lakeshore temperature controller and Keithley 2010 multimeter

3) 1.5 Tesla electromagnets (Customised) with power supply

4) Sievert Apparatus (customised) to measure the hydrogen storage properties

5) Autolab make electrochemical work station with current booster

6) Crygenics for measuring I-V of thin films

7) Quantum Design make MPMS (6 Tesla maximum field, 2-350 K temperature)

8) PG&G make High temperatute VSM; Max field 0.8 T, Temp 300K-1000K