Facilities

Ceramic materials laboratory  facilities are roughly divided into two categories: Processing and Characterization.


The central topic guiding research within the laboratory is implied by its name, the processing and characteristics of ceramic materials.

The following text gives a virtual tour of our facilities, highlighting the equipment and the respective applications of each.


1. Synthesis Laboratory (Sol-Gel)

CIMAV, Mexico acrylamide polimerization route; colloidal gel and hydrolisis route; Pechini method.


Thermal Analysis: Differential Thermal Analysis, Differential Scanning Calorimeter and Thermal Gravimetric Analyzer (DTA, DSC and TGA)


2. Structure: X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Rietveld method using FullProf software


3. Morphology and chemical composition: Scanning Electron Microscopy, Energy  Dispersive of X-ray and Transmission Electron Microscopy (SEM, EDX and TEM).
 Morphology analysis using Image J software.

4. Morphology Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)

5.  Structure (Uv-vis, Raman and FT-IR spectroscopies)

6. Electronic structure and chemical composition, X-ray Photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS)

7. Magnetic properties: Vibrating Sample Magnetometer (VSM and Inductance spectroscopy)

IIM-UNAM, Mexico, Prof. Dr. I. Betancourt Reyes