Instrument Database

MAPEX Instrument Database

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Here you will find analytical equipment available in the MAPEX groups. Various filters as well as the search function will help you to inform yourself about the analytical methods and to get in contact with the responsible scientists. For more information, registration, or update of instrument entries, please contact the MAPEX-CF instrument manager Wilken Seemann (mapexcf@uni-bremen.de).

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  • Instrument
    Manufacturer
    Investigation area
    Technique
    Electron Microprobe Analysis
    Key features
    5 x-ray spectrometers, one for light elements
    Contact
    Andree Irretier
    irretier@mpa-bremen.de
  • Instrument
    Manufacturer
    Investigation area
    Technique
    Scanning Electron Microscopy
    Key features
    SE and BE detectors; EDX detector for quantitative chemical analysis
    Contact
  • Instrument
    Manufacturer
    Investigation area
    Technique
    Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy, and Low-Energy Electron Microscopy
    Key features
    high resolution, in-situ ability of complementary methods under ultra-high vacuum conditions
    Contact
  • Instrument
    Manufacturer
    Investigation area
    Technique
    Transmission Electron Microscopy
    Key features
    Aberration corrector for imaging lens; In-situ heating and cooling
    Contact
    Thorsten Mehrtens
    mehrtens@ifp.uni-bremen.de
    Marco Schowalter
    schowalter@ifp.uni-bremen.de
  • Instrument
    Manufacturer

    Rc-VSI

    Bruker/Renishaw
    Investigation area
    Technique
    Raman spectroscopy coupled with Vertical Scanning Interferometry
    Key features
    Raman equipped with 785 nm and 532 nm class 3B lasers; Interferometer equipped with 5x; 20x; 50x; 115x objectives; White light scanning and monochromatic phase shift modes available
    Contact
    Oliver Plümper
    pluemper@uni-bremen.de
  • Instrument
    Manufacturer
    Investigation area
    Technique
    Raman spectroscopy
    Key features
    IR-Raman (1064 nm) when fluorescence is an issue
    Contact
    Mangir M. Murshed
    murshed@uni-bremen.de
  • Instrument
    Manufacturer

    LabRam ARAMIS

    Horiba Jobin Yvon
    Investigation area
    Technique
    Raman spectroscopy
    Key features
    532 nm, 633 nm and 785 nm lasers; Temperature dependent measurements
    Contact
    Mangir M. Murshed
    murshed@uni-bremen.de
  • Instrument
    Manufacturer
    Investigation area
    Technique
    Optical Emission Spectroscopy
    Glow Discharge Optical Emission Spectrometry
    X-ray Fluorescence - WD-XRF
    Key features
    Optical Emission Spectroscopy, Glow Discharge Optical Emission Spectrometry
    Contact
    Jérémy Epp
    epp@iwt-bremen.de
  • Instrument
    Manufacturer
    Investigation area
    Technique
    Scanning Electron Microscopy
    Focused Ion Beam
    Lithography
    Key features
    high resolution In-lens-detector, low kV ESB and high kV backscatter electron
    Contact
    Eva-Maria Meyer
    emeyer@imsas.uni-bremen.de
    Reiner Klattenhoff
    klattenhoff@bias.de
  • Instrument
    Manufacturer

    Spectra 300

    ThermoFisher Scientific
    Investigation area
    Technique
    Transmission Electron Microscopy
    Key features
    In-situ heating and cooling; EDX detector; Electrical biasing
    Contact
    Thorsten Mehrtens
    mehrtens@ifp.uni-bremen.de
    Marco Schowalter
    schowalter@ifp.uni-bremen.de
  • Instrument
    Manufacturer

    FlexPL

    Various
    Investigation area
    Technique
    Low temperature photoluminescence
    Raman spectroscopy
    Key features
    High flexibility: This is a fully customized setup for advanced spectroscopy. Thus, it can be modified to individual needs. This is not a "black-box" system as sold be various companies.
    Contact
    Jana Lierath
    lierath@uni-bremen.de
    Gordon Callsen
    gcallsen@uni-bremen.de
  • Instrument
    Manufacturer
    Investigation area
    Technique
    Infrared Spectroscopy
    Key features
    Measures thermo-optical properties of materials; Integrating sphere
    Contact
    Andreas Witzke
    andreas.witzke@dlr.de
  • Instrument
    Manufacturer

    LEAP 5000 XR

    Cameca
    Investigation area
    Technique
    Atom Probe Tomography
    Key features
    Atom probe tomography is the only technique that enables the identification of all isotopes within nanometric 3D structures, thereby allowing to spatially correlate crystal defects with local chemical composition fluctuations.
    Contact
    Belkacemi, Lisa
    belkacemi@iwt-bremen.de
    Jérémy Epp
    epp@iwt-bremen.de
  • Instrument
    Manufacturer

    Thinky Mixer ARV-310P

    Thinky U.S.A., INC.
    Investigation area
    Technique
    Mixer
    Key features
    Simultaneous mixing, dispersion, and submicron-level air bubble elimination; deaeration of high-viscosity materials difficult to be processed by a centrifugal separator; reduced processing time and improved deareation performance compared to atmospheric type mixer; centrifugal force of revolution prevents overflow of material during operation
    Contact
    Fabio La Mantia
    lamantia@uni-bremen.de
    Jan Wedemeier
    matena@uni-bremen.de
  • Instrument
    Manufacturer
    Investigation area
    Technique
    Coating
    Key features
    Carbon and Cromium layers can be deposited without breaking the vacuum
    Contact
  • Instrument
    Manufacturer

    TOMCAT

    Supermicro / NVIDIA
    Investigation area
    Technique
    GPU Computing / 3D-4D Tomography Visualization & Analysis
    Key features
    High-performance GPU server with 4x NVIDIA L40S GPUs (Ada Lovelace, 48 GB GDDR6 ECC VRAM each, 192 GB total) for accelerated 3D/4D visualization, deep learning, and CT reconstruction. 1 TB DDR5-6400 RAM for in-memory processing of terabyte-scale datasets. 15.36 TB NVMe SSD storage. Dragonfly 3D World for AI-driven segmentation, quantification, and scientific visualization. Remote access via web-based tools for cross-faculty collaboration. FAIR-compliant data workflows using open formats (OME-TIFF, Zarr).
    Contact
    Oliver Plümper
    pluemper@uni-bremen.de
    Wolf-Achim Kahl
    wakahl@uni-bremen.de
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