Equipments
Fabrication instruments for bio-organic devices
Bio-organic devices consist of layered thin films with many kinds of materials such as semiconductors, metals, and insulators.
Each layer is deposited by printing paste with a printing machine or by vacuum evaporator, using optimal methods according to the purpose. Using these techniques we have established the fabrication process for the world-thinnest and lightest organic devices.
| Ultrafine screen printer | (Micro-tec Co., Ltd.) |
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| Ultrafine industrial inkjet printer | (Ricoh Industry) |
| Micro-dispenser | (Musashi Engineering) |
| High-vacuum evaporation system | (ULVAC) |
| High-vacuum sputtering system | ULVAC |
| Laser-processing | (KEYENCE) |
| Glove box | (MBRAUN) |
Instruments for organic device structure analysis
Fabrication of bio-organic devices requires controllability of thickness on the nano-scale. Structure evaluation instruments with state-of-art nanotechnology, such as SEM and SPM, are used to verify the intended structure after device fabrication.
| Scanning electron microscope | (Hitachi High-Technologies) |
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| Scanning probe microscope | (Digital Instruments) |
| Intelligent X-ray diffraction system | (Rigaku) |
| Laser microscope | (KEYENCE) |
Electrical/optical evaluation instruments for bio-organic devices
In our project, electrical and optical properties of bio-organic devices are precisely measured.
As a result, surprising robustness in mechanical properties and stability in chemical properties of bio-organic devices are revealed.
| Semi-auto probe station | (Cascade Microtech) |
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| Semiconductor parameter analyzer | (Agilent) |
| Ultralow-leak switching matrix | (Keithley) |
| Network/Spectrum analyzer | (Agilent) |
| Noise measurement system | (Agilent) |
Bio-harmonized imaging instruments
Project’s goal is the realization of bio-imaging that harmonizes with the living body. The team achieves this by combining bio-organic devices and state-of-the-art medical imaging devices; fMRI and multi-channel biosignal amplifier.
| fMRI | (Bruker Corporation) |
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| Multi-channel biosignal amplifier |
