Contract research
The working groups of the FSP FunMat have a large expertise in various methods of material analysis, material testing and development and are open for scientific collaborations as well as cooperations with companies. The following list provides an overview of the analysis and synthesis methods that are available for external partners.
The methods are sorted according to the type of sample (solid, liquid, gaseous) and the type of analyses you would like to conduct. A click on the method will take you to a new page with further details and contact persons.
IMPORTANT: the Research Area itself does not carry out any analyses. The possibilities and conditions for co-operation are to be agreed exclusively with the respective groups.
Click on the desired service or quality of your sample. The links will take you to further information and contacts.
Analyses - type of sample to be analysed
Solid state
Infrared spectroscopy
Quantitative determination of known substances
Structure elucidation of unknown substances
X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD)
Identification of crystalline phases, structure determination, analysis of material properties
X-ray fluorescence
Qualitative and quantitative determination of the elemental composition of a sample
EDX (energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy)
Detection of elements and their concentration on surfaces
Microscopy
Examination of surfaces with various scanning tunnelling and atomic force microscopes at cryogenic to room temperature
Diffraction under grazing incidence (GI-XRD)
Method for analysing the crystal structure of thin films
Liquids
ESR spectroscopy
Analysis of substances with unpaired electrons (e.g. paramagnetic complexes, free radicals)
Particle sizes and stability
Measurement of particle size, distribution and stability in a sample with dynamic light scattering
Mass spectrometry in combination with photodissociation
Analysis of photochemical reactions
Gases
Gas chromatography
Separation, qualitative and quantitative analysis of gas mixtures
Synthesis and production
Additive manufacturing of metallic materials
Production of components by melting metal powders layer by layer using a laser or electron beam
