Dispersion of nanoparticles

Nano to Micro/Macro (Synthesis of dispersed-phases)

A set of techniques and extensive know-how are offered to disperse nanoparticles as oxides, metals, carbon nanostructures, paraffins in fluids as water, glycol, oils, by combining expertise in selecting proper surfactants with various dispersion processes:

Tip sonication with various tips and flow cell to sonicate from few ml to liters
high pressure homogenization
planetary ball milling.

provided at NFFA-Europe laboratories by:

CNR-DSCTM

Italy

FORTH

Greece

provided at NFFA-Europe laboratories by:

CNR-DSCTM

Italy

FORTH

Greece

Also consider

Structural & Morphology Characterization

SEM Scanning Electron Microscopy

In SEM a beam is scanned over a sample surface while a signal from secondary or back-scattered electrons is recorded. SEM is used to image an area of the sample with nanometric resolution, and also to measure its composition, crystallographic phase distribution and local texture.

Theory & Simulation

SGSEP Structural and ground-state electronic properties

This technique offers the possibility of simulating structural and electronic properties based on the electronic ground state, including electronic charge analysis, energetics of formation, structural and vibrational properties; IR, Raman, EPR, NMR, core-level XAS & XPS, STM & AFM.

Electronic & Chemical & Magnetic Characterization

OS Optical spectroscopy

VUV/UV/Vis/NIR spectroscopy is the measurement of the attenuation of a beam of light after it passes through a sample or after reflection from a sample surface. It is useful to characterize absorption, transmission, and reflectivity of a variety of technologically important materials, such as gases, film, pigments, coatings, windows, and filters.

Electronic & Chemical & Magnetic Characterization

PL PhotoLuminescence

PL is a non-contact, non-destructive method of probing the electronic structure of materials, often used in the context of semiconductor devices to determine the bandgap energy, the composition of heterostructures, the impurity levels, the crystal quality, and to investigate recombination mechanisms.

Growth & Synthesis

GIN Growth of inorganic nanocrystals

The nanochemistry facility exploits elaborate bottom-up colloidal chemistry approaches that harness nanoscale size and shape-guiding mechanisms to afford various kinds of inorganic nanocrystals with tunable response (cf. semiconducting, plasmonic, magnetic).