(Image & list–courtesy: Nanomaterials Company, Malvern, Philadelphia, a contract manufacturing and process research and development company servicing the defense and aerospace and specialising in the development of new materials and new processing techniques).
Many modern analytical and materials characterization instruments are needed for establishing a nanotechnology laboratory. Nowadays all educational and research institutions want to work and establish agood lab. The following is an excelent typical group of instruments listed by Nanomaterials Company. They include field-emission scanning electron microscope, analytical scanning electron microscope, high resolution transmission electron microscope, transmission electron microscope, and 200 kV Field-emission Gun TEM/STEM, and a host of materials testing instruments including those for static and dynamic mechanical testing, IR spectroscopic instruments including a FT-IR, variable temperature (-200 - 100 °C) FT-IR, FT-IR with mid, near and far IR optics, mid IR spectrometers and x-ray diffractometer. A spark plasma sintering (PAS) machine with current capabilities up to 4000 A, flexible pulse current application (1-99 s on/off time) and pressure up to 100 MPa, automatic control of the sintering cycle, vacuum or controlled atmosphere, a servohydraulic testing machine with computer based control system, radiant furnace (1100 °C) and resistance furnace (1100 °C); high temperature extensometer (600 °C), constant stress controlled atmosphere creep machine with data acquisition, constant stress, vacuum creep testing system with high resolution data acquisition system, attritor mill with 1 liter capacity, dimplers and dual ion beam milling equipment with cold stage and accessories, electrothinning equipment, quantitative image analysis system, transmission electron microscope, scanning electron microscope, ICP MS instrument having sensitivities of a few ppb to few ppt, electron microscope with EDAX analysis system, scanning electron microprobe analyzer, automated x-ray diffractometer with residual stress, high temperature and computer search, EDM machining facility, electromechanical testing machines, metallograph with micro hardness tester and high vacuum annealing furnace.