New laboratories at NOMATEN: X-Ray Diffractometer and Scanning Electron Microscope

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NOMATEN, NCBJ

NOMATEN received two crucial research devices in 2021 – the X-Ray Diffractometer and Scanning Electron Microscope that help Materials Characterization and Functional Properties of Materials groups perform their research. 

 

 

X-Ray Diffractometer

 

Bruker AXS (Advanced X-Ray Solutions) D8 Advance diffractometer is equipped with a sealed Cu X-Ray tube, LYNXEYE XE-T strip detector and TWIN-TWIN optics. The incident and scattered beam optics includes Göbel mirror at the tube and 0.2° Soller slits at the detector useful for parallel beam geometry as well as a set of motorised divergent slits at both sides suitable for working with divergent beam in Bragg-Brentano parafocusing geometry. The detector has energy resolution better than 380 eV at 8 keV (i.e. Cu radiation) what makes Kβ filter and secondary monochromators redundant, and specimen fluorescence an irrelevant phenomenon, while both Cu Kα and Kβ lines can be utilised in measurements.

 

The diffractometer has also attachments for grazing incidence diffraction (GID) and an in-situ high-temperature (1200°C) measurement chamber connected to vacuum-gas system. With this brilliant set of tools one can comprehensively characterise the inner structure of materials without damaging the specimen. The range of information covers crystal phase identification, description of the crystallinity or amorphousness, evaluation of stress and strain, texture analysis, investigation of layered structures with control of the penetration depth and conducting experiments in the working environment of the specimen -  said Maciej Zieliński PhD, NOMATEN scientist responsible for the research performed at X-Ray Diffractometer.

 

X-Ray Diffractometer, Maciej Zielinski PhD

 

 

 

Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)

The Helios 5 UX (ThermoFisher Scientific) is a fully digital, high resolution Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) equipped with Focused Ion Beam (FIB) technology, Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS) and Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) systems. This device is being used by the Materials Characterization and Functional Properties of Materials groups.

 

It allows the fast characterization of the sample with nanometer details, obtaining information about topography, relative differences in composition, crystallographic orientation or analysis of elemental composition of the material (both qualitative and quantitative). The use of FIB itself provides preparation of ultra-thin transparent samples for transmission electron microscopy (TEM and HRTEM) and cross-sectioning of the multiphase materials with in-situ imaging in SEM (the sectioning may be conducted in a strictly defined area, for example specific grain boundary, precipitate or crack in the material) - comments Iwona Jóźwik PhD, Research Group Leader at Materials Characterization Group.

SEM image display, Iwona Jozwik PhD, Research Group Leader

 

 

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This project has received funding from the European Union Horizon 2020 research and innovation
programme under grant agreement No 857470 and from European Regional Development Fund
via Foundation for Polish Science International Research Agenda PLUS programme grant
No MAB PLUS/2018/8.
Poland
The project is co-financed from the state budget within the framework of the undertaking of the Minister of Science and Higher Education "Support for the activities of Centers of Excellence established under Horizon 2020".

Grant: 5 143 237,70 EUR
Total value: 29 971 365,00 EUR
Date of signing the funding agreement: December 2023

The purpose of the undertaking is to support entities of the higher education and science system that have received funding from the European Union budget in the competition H2020-WIDESPREAD-2018-2020/WIDESPREAD-01-2018-2019: Teaming Phase 2. in the preparation, implementation and updating of activities, maintenance of material resources necessary for carrying out activities, acquisition and modernization of scientific and research apparatus, maintenance and development of personnel potential necessary for the implementation of activities, and dissemination of the results of scientific activities.