The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur is a public research college located in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. It was established in 1959. It was declared to be Institute of National Importance by Government of India under IIT Act.

Thematic Unit of Excellence @IIT Kanpur

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Nanofabrication : Top-down, Bottom-up and Beyond

The basic thrust of Thematic Unit of Excellence is in developing soft materials, structures and devices within 100nm size based on soft materials and polymer-derived carbons and their applications in three areas: energy, environment and bio-applications.

Equipments -

LIST OF EQUIPMENT-

A. Equipment for Materials Preparation & Characterization

1. Pulse Laser for Thin Film Deposition System (PLD System) -

2. NSOM/Raman/Confocal/AFM

3. Scanning Electron Microscope with E-beam Lithography:

4. Maskless Photo-Lithography

5. Imprint Lithography:

6. Adiabatic Demagnetization Fridge for MilliKelvin Temperatures:

7. Small Angle XRD:

8. Wide Angle XRD:

9. Ellipsometer:

10. Thickness Profilermechanical stylus based)

11. Optical Thickness Profiler:

12. Multi-Potentiostat/Galvanostat:

13. Liquid CO2 supercritical:

14. RF & DC Magnetron Sputtering Unit :

15. Thermal Evaporator:

16. Langmuir-Blodgett troughs:

17. Ultrasonic Bonder:

18. Optical Microscope:

19. UV Visible IR Spectrophotometer:

20. Polymer printer:

B. Supporting Equipment for Preparation

Glove Box
Plasma cleaners
Balance (6 decimal)
Spin Coater
Vacuum ovens for clean rooms
X-Y-Z motorized stage (~ 100 nm steps)
Millipore Water System:
Graphitizing Furnaces
X-Y-Z Nanopositioning Stage (~ 10 nm steps)
UV Ozone treatment:
High Temperature Furnaces
Cooling/heating bath
Vibration Isolation tables
Oil less compressors
Oil less vacuum pumps
Ultrasonic cleaner and probe with variable intensity
Load cells with data acquisition
Reverse Osmosis water for bulk applications
Wet Chemical Etcher
Lab-on-a-chip kit
Plasma and UV Chambers

Contact address

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Kalyanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208016