Time-resolved fluorescence
• Tunable nanosecond laser source (210-2000 nm, 2 ns) coupled to a monochromator equipped with three different gratings, dispersing on intensified CCD camera (Princeton Instruments). Time resolution = 0.5 ns, spectral resolution = 0.1 nm.
• Fluorescence lifetime microscope with fixed excitation wavelength (400 nm), with diffraction-limited spatial resolution and 50 ps time resolution.
Electron paramagnetic Resonance
• Tunable nanosecond laser source (210-2000 nm, 2 ns) coupled to a three-grating monochromator dispersing on intensified CCD detector. Time resolution = 0.5 ns, spectral resolution = 0.1 nm.
• Fluorescence lifetime microscope with fixed excitation wavelength (400 nm), with diffraction-limited spatial resolution and 50 ps time resolution.
Femtosecond Spectroscopy Laboratory
• Ti:Sapphire oscillator (82 MHz) seeding a Coherent "Rega" amplified Ti:Sapphire system with 250 kHZ maximum repetition rate. Home-built setup for fluorescence upconversion. Excitation: 400 nm. Detection: 400-750 nm, time resolution= 100 fs.
• Ti:Sapphire oscillator (82 MHz) seeding a Spectra-Physics "Solstice" amplified Ti:Sapphire system with 5 kHZ maximum repetition rate. Home-built setup for pump-probe specroscopy and microscopy. Excitation lines: 266 nm, 400 nm, 500-650 nm. Detection: 330-750 nm, time resolution= 50 fs. Spatial resolution = 2um. System hosted at ATeN Center
Chemistry Preparation Lab
• Chemical laboratory equipped with standard instruments as a centrifuge, pHmeter, ultrasonic bath, desiccators, muffola oven.
Fume Hood equipped with Schlenk line connected to nitrogen or argon tanks.
• Thermal treatments up to 500°C, max pressure 200 bar, gas used: He, O2, N2, Sample chamber volume: 250ml. Operating principle: the sample chamber is loaded with a gas (He,O2, N2...) and kept at controlled pressure and temperature.
Raman Laboratory
• FT-Raman: Bruker VERTEX-70 RAMII Fourier Transform Raman. Excitation wavelength: 1064 nm (Nd:YAg Laser). Max power: 500 mW. Detection: RT-InGaAs or LN-Ge. Spectral Range: 70-3500 cm-1. Spectral Resolution: <1 cm-1, (accuracy: 0.1 cm-1).
Atomic Force Microscopy
• Tunable nanosecond laser source (210-2000 nm, 2 ns) coupled to a three-grating monochromator dispersing on intensified CCD detector. Time resolution = 0.5 ns, spectral resolution = 0.1 nm.
• Fluorescence lifetime microscope with fixed excitation wavelength (400 nm), with diffraction-limited spatial resolution and 50 ps time resolution.