Research facilities of the SUPRAS group

Specific ovens have been designed for ceramics synthesis, in particular horizontal and vertical furnaces have been designed for specific synthesis under 0.6 T, 1.0 T, 1.2 T and 6 T magnetic field in view of material texturing.

Structural characterization by SEM EDX and polarized light microscopy, thermal differential analysis and thermally stimulated luminescence techniques are available for phase characterization.

Fine electrical and magnetic characterizations are made using various cryostats.

Most specifically, thermal conductivity and the Seebeck effect can bemeasured simultaneously (in the absence or presence of a magnetic field). A differential ac specific heat apparatus has been set up. The Nernst effect can be measured in different field geometries.

Excellent informatics facilities are available to the group for simulation work. Those appropriate for to the projected work are several Mac, two SUN workstations, several IBM Unix machines, and the IBM supercomputer at SEGI .


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