Services offered

1)      Magnetic materials:

• Analysis and characterisation of the static and dynamic magnetic properties of hard and soft magnetic material (magnetization, hysteresis, critical temperature, coercive fields, susceptibility….).
• Synthesis of nanostructured magnetic systems (oxides, metals / mixed metals, and molecules.
• Analysis of elemental composition and crystalline phase.
• Identification of the crystalline system and degree of crystallinity.
• Morphological investigations.

2)      Paramagnetic material:

• Investigation and analysis of the electronic properties by means of EPR (Electronic Paramagnetic Resonance).
• Analysis and characterisation of the static and dynamic magnetic properties of hard and soft magnetic material (magnetization, susceptibility, magnetic moment, coupling among the paramagnetic centers….).
• Analysis of elemental composition and determination of the molecular structure.
• Morphological investigations.
• Synthesis of molecular paramagnetic systems of different types: purely inorganic, organic-inorganic, purely organic (radicals). Molecular organisation on surfaces.

3)      Nano structured material:

• Investigation and analysis of size and morphology of the systems.
• Analysis of elemental composition and crystalline phase.
• Identification of the crystalline system and degree of crystallinity.
• Investigation and analysis of the static and dynamic magnetic properties of material possessing showing magnetism.
• Determination of hyper-thermal properties of magnetic systems.
• Nanoparticles synthesis (oxides, metals, core-shell and other types) for the following applications:

            a) preparation of new magnetic materials;

            b) shielding of nanoparticles with molecular functional shells, for preparing systems for drug delivery, molecular targeting  and diagnostic by using NMR and MRI;

            c) preparation of magneto-plasmonic systems and characterization of their optic, magnetic and magneto-optic properties.

4)      Surfaces:

• Morphological and compositional analysis.
• Compositional mapping of the surface.
• Preparation of metallic surfaces by UHV evaporation.
• Preparation of multi-layer metallic systems.
• Preparation of molecular mono- and multi-layers by UHV evaporation or by wet-chemistry (SAM: self assembled monolayers).
• Molecular systems functionalisation for grafting on several surfaces. Preparation of molecular films by spin coating technique.

5)      Superconductors:

• Determination of the hysteresis loss and of critical temperature.
• Hysteresis cycles
• Analysis of elemental composition