With our capabilities for tailoring the properties of magnetic thin film systems to specific applications, and the availability of a state-of-the art analytical instruments including dedicated home built analytical instrumentation, we provide the following consulting and analytical service to our industrial partners advancing your competitive edge:

• Tailoring Magnetic thin Films to specific Applications:
  
  
  • we provide consulting on the tailoring, fabrication and testing of magnetic thin film systems for your applications.
    Contact: Hug, Mandru
    
     
• Magnetic Sample Characterization:
  
  
  • Magnetometry: assesses the macroscopic magnetic properties of your materials from 400 K down to 2.5 K.
    Contact: Mandru, Yildirim
     
  • Kerr-Microscopy: maps the response of the magnetic domain structure on the applied field or imposed device current on length scales from mm to about 500 nm.
    Contact: Mandru, Yildirim
  
  
  • Quantitative Magnetic Force Microscopy: with our lab-built instruments and over two decades of experience with quantitative, high-lateral-resolution and high sensitivity magnetic force microscopy we can offer you world-best service and expertise for imaging the micromagnetic structure of your magnetic thin film sample or systems down to nanometer length scales, in magnetic fields up to 7 T and at temperatures between room temperature and 8 K.
    Contact: Hug, Mandru
     
  • Consulting: we can provide expertise to relate the measured properties to your materials or system design goals providing you a competitive advantage
    Contact: Hug, Yildirim

• Functional thin films:
  
  
  • Metallization of Polymers: we provide consulting on the based tailoring, fabrication and testing of metal coatings on polymer for biomedical, decorative, and protective applications
    Contact: Hug, Yildirim
     
  • Sensing, Actuation, and Energy Harvesting: based on our background in piezoelectric and magnetic materials, we can provide expertise various sensing, actuation and energy harvesting applications
    Contact: Hug, Mandru
     
  • Coatings with advantageous biomedical Funtions: together with Empa partner labs specializing in cell-surface interactions, we can provide consulting on coatings for implants and implantable devices
    Contact: Hug, Yildirim
     
  • Magnetic Nanoparticles for biomedical Applications: together with Empa and ETHZ partner labs specializing in particles for biological applications we can provide expertise for the design and characterization of magnetic particles
    Contact: Hug
     
• Advanced Scanning Probe Microscopy and Nanopositioning:
  
  
  • Consulting on Scanning Probe Microscope Technologies: based on more than two decades of experience in the design and application of scanning probe microscopes (SPM) in environments ranging from liquid to UHV, room temperature to cryogenic temperatures, and in strong magnetic fields, we can offer consulting concerning the design and application of SPM.
    Contact: Hug, Vranjkovic
     
  • Consulting on Nanopositioning: technology inspired from SPM instrumentation, for example nano-positioning units, actuators, and deflection sensors can be developed for other applications. Most importantly, we have experience in developing multi-dimensional nano-positioning units running almost wear-free over decades under extreme conditions such as UHV, low temperatures and also in strong magnetic fields.
    Contact: Hug, Vranjkovic