Equipment

Characterization Techniques

Profilometry

Wear Testing

Pin-on-Disk, Scratch, Microhardness

Mechanical Characterization

Optical Properties of thin films and surfaces

Optical Profilometry

Spectroscopy Ellipsometer

Electrochemical and Electrical characterization

General View of the Characterization Room

Electrical Characterization (AC and DC)

Electrochemical Characterization: Electrochemical Impedance, Potentiodynamic Polarization, Polarization Resistance, Cyclic Voltamperometry

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Deposition Systems

General view of the physical deposition laboratory

General View of the Chemical synthesis Room

Vapor Deposition

Two Inches Double Magnetron Sputtering

Four Inches Double Magnetron

Deposition system with three chambers:  ultra-high vacuum chamber with a 4″ magnetron. The other chambers have been used for the development of novel deposition systems: a cylindrical hollow cathode and a planar hollow cathode

Single chamber deposition system with two 4″ magnetrons

Deposition Process

Submerged Arc for Metallic Nanoparticles

Chemical Vapor Deposition

Vacuum Arc deposition

Ultrasonic point

Polishing machines to prepare metallic substrates

Equipo de Fotocatálisis y Fotoelectroquímica

Sistema de Producción de H2, acoplado a Cromatografo de Gases

Sistema para mediciones Fotoelectroquímica

Reactores fotocatalítico con luz visible