A are available for transport measurements. Numerous items of standard equipment are available for the construction of custom assemblies. This equipment includes computers, cryostats, temperature controllers, current sources, and vacuum systems. Thin film growth facilities are on-site for research on epitaxy, interfacial structure, and growth of novel materials. Ultra-high vacuum and high vacuum vapor deposition systems and a magnetron sputtering system are among the tools available to researchers.
Further processing is done in associated facilities for rapid and conventional thermal annealing.
Thin films are characterized in X-Ray diffraction and electron optics facilities as well as in central OSU facilities for surface analysis. We enthusiastically anticipate projects and proposals that allow us to develop new sensor technologies for industrial applications. CISM focuses on high-temperature ceramic sensors for in situ monitoring of industrial processes and products. Extensive field tests of prototype CO and NOx sensors and thermistors are being conducted in automotive engines and in combustion burner rigs. Back to MSE Homepage .