Facilities

Nuclear Techniques

• Gamma spectrometry laboratory
• Prompt gamma neutron activation analysis using isotopic neutron sources
• Nuclear Analytical Techniques (RBS, NRA) in collaboration with the TANDEM accelerator laboratory of the Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics, NCSR-"Demokritos"
• Neutron dosimetry

Materials Fabrication & Processing

• Thin film deposition
• Metallographic laboratory
• Thermal annealing systems under high vacuum or inert atmospheres
• Metal-ceramic and ceramic-ceramic joining infrastructure

Materials Characterization

• X-ray scattering laboratory
• Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy
• X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy
• Mechanical testing
• Polarized neutron reflectivity in collaboration with Laboratoire Leon Brillouin, CEA - Saclay
• Small Angle Neutron Scattering in collaboration with Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin, Jüllich Centre for Neutron Scattering, Laboratoire Leon Brillouin, − Saclay, and ISIS neutron spallation source, Rutherford- Appleton Laboratory
• Neutron diffraction in collaboration with the Technical University of Munich
• Neutron tomography in collaboration with the Technical University of Munich
• Deep Inelastic Neutron Scattering in collaboration with ISIS neutron spallation source, Rutherford- Appleton Laboratory
• Magnetic properties measurements in collaboration with the Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, NCSR-"Demokritos" and the University of Ioannina
• Thermal properties in collaboration with the Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, NCSR-"Demokritos"
• Scanning and Transmittion Electron microscopy in collaboration with the Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, NCSR-"Demokritos"

Ion Irradiation of Materials

• Ion irradiation facilities (p+, He, D) in collaboration with the TANDEM accelerator laboratory of the Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics, NCSR-"Demokritos"
• The IR2 facility for ion irradiation with in-situ electrical resistivity measurement.
• Ion irradiation facilities in collaboration with the JANNuS lab at CEA Saclay