The laboratory is equipped with SEKI's CVD AX5200S process station and ECR CVD MAX II. The laboratory was made to the standard of the so-called Clean Room Class 10000 (ISO 14644-1; ISO 7 standard). This results in a significant reduction in the amount of pollen present in the air to a maximum of 10000 per cubic foot.

A team of specialized equipment makes it possible to synthesize micro- and nanocrystalline diamond, as well as boron and nitrogen doped diamond for applications in optoelectronics and nanosensors.

Boron-doped nanodiamond (BDD) is currently the most efficient semiconductor material for use in the fabrication of electrochemical biosensors.

The lab can obtain continuous thin polycrystalline doped diamond (BDD) electrodes on silicon, glassy carbon, titanium and quartz glass substrates.

We can produce BDD electrodes for electrochemical processes and experiments with diameters ranging from 5 mm to 30 mm.

Purpose:

  • Fabrication of diamond coatings on own or entrusted substrates
  • Manufacturing doped nanodiamond electrodes for components:

          - toxin detectors or sensors operating in harsh chemical environments
          - biosensors for the detection of DNA, proteins and enzymes
          - electrodes for decomposition and mineralization of hazardous and so-called difficult contaminants (e.g., antibiotics or pesticides)
          - structures for monitoring and combating difficult chemical contaminants in pharmaceuticals, biomedical laboratories, food plants, households (e.g., domestic wastewater treatment plants)

Associated services:

  • Manufacturing:

        - heat dissipation layers in electronic systems
        - electrodes for purification of drinking water from micropollutants
        - composite diamond electrodes for biosensor applications

  • Raman studies of the molecular composition of materials
  • Studies of optical properties of materials
  • Modeling and fabrication of optical filters and mirrors
  • Vacuum metallization of components
  • Measurements of current-voltage characteristics of materials and components

Additional capabilities:

  • Electronics (heat dissipation components, insulating layers)
  • optoelectronics (IR optics)
  • photonics (quantum sources of single photons)
  • sensorics (chemical hazard sensors)
  • ecology (electrodes for decomposition of so-called "difficult pollutants", e.g., from discharges from pharmaceutical factories, plant protection products)
  • military technology, mechanical engineering (e.g., lubricant-free plain bearings operating in harsh techno climatic conditions)
  • Medicine (e.g., as sealed and biocompatible coatings for endoprostheses)

Laboratory manager

Prof Robert Bogdanowicz
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