Institution:

Year: Section:

IV. RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE

IV.1. Top five research facilities, equipments/ instrumentation of your centre (research hardware):

Item 1

Total Number:

1

facilities, equipments/ instrumentation:

Bruker AVANCE III 600 MHz

Year of acquisition:

2009

Average value at the time of acquisition :

740000

Short Description:

Magnet: superconductor, 14.09 Tesla Magnetic Field, standard bore 54 mm. AVANCE III Console: triple resonance configuration, one H / F channel and two broadband channel X, amplifiers: channel H – BLAH300 (power – 50 300 W), channel X – BLAX500 (power – 500 W). Solid State ProbeHeads: BioSolids, VT CP/MAS, E-free type, 3.2 mm rotor diameter, triple resonance 1H / 13C / 15N, rotation frequencies of up to 20 kHz, temperature range (-30°C) – (80°C). Pneumatic Unit: automatically/manual control of solid state probehades, for both magic angle positioning and sample rotor spinning frequency.

Item 2

Total Number:

1

facilities, equipments/ instrumentation:

Bruker AVANCE I 400 MHz

Year of acquisition:

2002.0000

Average value at the time of acquisition :

450000

Short Description:

Magnet superconductor, 9.4 Tesla Magnetic Field, standard bore 54 mm. Console AVANCE I: double resonance configuration, one H / F channel and one broadband channel X, amplifiers: channel H – BLAH300 (power – 50/100 W), channel X – BLAX500 (power – 300 W); Solid State ProbeHeads: CP/MAS type, 4 mm rotor diameter, double resonance 1H / X, rotation frequencies of up to 15 kHz, temperature range (-30°C) – (80°C), DVT VT CP/MAS type, 2.5 mm rotor diameter, double resonance, 1H / X, rotation frequencies of up to 35 kHz, temperature range (-30°C) – (80°C). Pneumatic Unit: automatically/manual control of solid state probehades, for both magic angle positioning and sample rotor spinning frequency.

Item 3

Total Number:

1

facilities, equipments/ instrumentation:

SPECS Multifunctional surface analysis system

Year of acquisition:

2008

Average value at the time of acquisition :

385000

Short Description:

This system has a multipurpose surface analysis chamber equipped with: Surface analysis chamber (XPS, UPS, ), Load lock for sample introduction, Analyzer PHOIBOS: with multichanel detector - ultimate energy, resolution in Electron Spectroscopy experiments, X- ray sources: XR 50 - high power dual anode X Ray source for XPS, Focus 500 – X – Ray monocromator for high resolution XPS, UV source: UVS 10/35 - high UV photon flux, highest HeII/HeI ratio, Ion source: IQE 11/35 – extractor ion source for sample cleaning, very clean and stable operation. The data acquisition and data processing software provides computer control of all analysis methods possible with the PHOIBOS analyzer.

Item 4

Total Number:

1

facilities, equipments/ instrumentation:

Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectrometer Bruker EMXmicro

Year of acquisition:

2008

Average value at the time of acquisition :

275000

Short Description:

Xband, variable temperature unit (ER4141VT): 18 bit center field resolution, corresponding to a precision of <60 mG, 18 bit signal digitization, Full freedom in magnetic field sweep from 100 mG up to the maximum field, Independent of conversion time, large and small signals can be detected at once with one gain setting, Sequential detection of 1st and 2nd harmonic (or 0° and 90° modulation phase), Sensitivity up to 1200:1

Item 5

Total Number:

1

facilities, equipments/ instrumentation:

Installation for magnetic measurements

Year of acquisition:

2009

Average value at the time of acquisition :

250000

Short Description:

This installation, used for complex measurements at low temperatures (1.6-700 K) and intense magnetic fields (0-12 T), incorporates some of the most frequently used experimental techniques in one automated measurement system. The system incorporates a cryostat and a superconducting magnet cooled using a closed helium circuit and can be used for measurements at intense magnetic fields and low temperatures. Temperature stability in the VTI (Variable Temperature Insert) is: 3 mK at 10.5 K, 5 mK at 100 K and 300 mK at 300 K. The experimental facilities include: AC susceptibility measurements (10-7 emu sensitivity), harmonic analysis, DC magnetization measurements (VSM method), hysterezis curve measurements and fundamental magnetic parameters measurements (Ms, Hc, Hk, Hrm) (10-6 emu sensitivity).

IV.2. Resources and services for scientific exchange and preservation, IT infrastructure for scientific information access:

1. Subscription to peer-reviewed, international journals

Total Number:

N/A

Short description of the facility:

N/A

2. Access to electronic databases

Total Number:

2

Short description of the facility:

www.sciencedirect.com http://isiknowledge.com

3.ICT-based infrastructure for scientific information

Total Number:

N/A

Short description of the facility:

N/A

4.Other

Item description

N/A

Total number:

N/A

Short description of the facility:

N/A

IV. 3. Which is (are) your most needed resources and services not currently available at your centre?

N/A

Disclaimer: All the data for this database were collected as a part of the UNESCO Venice Office Project “Strengthening Basic and Engineering Sciences Capacities in South Eastern Europe SEE”, i.e. as the subproject “Map of Excellence in Physics and Mathematics in SEE – the SEE MP e-Survey Project” launched in 2010, and continued in 2012/2013 in cooperation with the SEENET-MTP Network Office Nis – Faculty of Science Nis, and the Department of Physics, University of Craiova. Representatives of each institution are able to add, update or delete the data about their institution. The SEENET-MTP Network cannot be held liable for the published information and its accuracy.