The state-of-the-art facilities was inaugurated at SRM Institute of Science and Technology’s Nanotechnology Research Centre in the Kattankulathur campus recently. A workshop on Advanced Characterisation of Material and Devices was also held.
The campus has equipped itself with advanced characterisation facilities — laser flash thermal conductivity, seebeck coefficient measurement system, cryogenic probe station and semiconductor parameter analyser.
It was inaugurated by Dr M Kamruddin, associate director, ANG division, IGCAR Kalpakkam. He was joined by Dr C Muthamizhchelvan, director of engineering and technology. Professor Masaru Shimomura, Hiroya Ikeda and Yasuhiro Hayakawa from Shizuoka University, Japan.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Kamruddin said, “All these facilities are dream instruments. Private universities and organisations should chip in more for research and development. It is good that SRMIST is working towards bringing such world class facilities under one roof. These facilities are open to everyone from all over the world where researchers can send in their samples.” Dr Muthamizhchelvan said, “Research is not confined to one department, therefore, these facilities are open to all. Researchers can send their samples through online booking and gain access to the latest equipment.”
The facilities, LFA 467 hyperflash and ZEM3 are sponsored by SRMIST at a cost of Rs 3.5 crores. The other facilities at the institution include X-Ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), high-resolution transmission electron microscope (HR-TEM), field emission scanning electron microscope( FESEM), vibrating-sample magnetometer (VSM) , X-Ray diffractometer (XRD), scanning probe microscope (SPM), high resolution mass spectrometry ( HRMS) along with a supercomputer typically used for scientific and engineering applications.