Scientific Instrumentation and Process Technology
The SIPT unit is focusing its RDI activities on new instrumentation, processes and methodologies in the fields of plasma sciences and technologies, thin film processing and nano-analytics. The RDI chain of the unit spans from basic science all the way up to industrial scale demonstrators. Regarding the latter, a major focus is on platforms assembled of modular building blocks including both materials synthesis and characterisation stages, with a goal of setting-up automated synthesis infrastructures capable of self-optimising based on pre-defined target metrics.
Application areas
- Nano-analytics
- Plasma surface processing
- Thin film processing
Research groups
The SIPT unit is composed of three RDI groups:
- the “Advanced Instrumentation for Nano-Analytics (AINA)” group
- the “Plasma Process Engineering (PPE)” group
- the “Process Modelling, Automation and Robotisation (PROMAR)” group
