National Institute of Chemical Physics and biophysics (NICPB/KBFI)
Chemical Physics Laboratory
The National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics (NICPB) is a research institution under public law in Tallinn, Estonia, where the main task of the scientists is research that values academic freedom.
The NICPB carries out fundamental and applied research and engages in the development of novel directions in material sciences, gene technology and biotechnology, environmental technology and informatics.
The Chemical Physics laboratory of NICPB runs several NMR instruments, THz and FIR spectrometers, a 14 T PPMS-based vibrating sample magnetometer, and a magnetic/atomic force microscope set-up. The THz spectrometer is equipped with 0.3 K bolometers for sensitive detection below 6 THz. The sample
environment of the THz setup includes a 17 T SC solenoid with sample temperature down to 2.5 K in Faraday and Voigt configurations and a 12 T solenoid (Faraday configuration) with a dilution refrigerator where the lowest sample temperature is 100 mK.
A range of NMR spectrometers up to 800 MHz is available for solid-state and high-resolution NMR. There are several cryostats giving access to several decades in temperature. Unique features include the possibility to work down to liquid-helium temperature under magic-angle-spinning conditions (for powder samples) or statically using a goniometer (crystals). Collectively, these instruments allow one to explore magnetism and magnetic interactions in a three-dimensional phase space of frequency, temperature, and magnetic field. Researchers interested in undertaking experiments at this laboratory under the dual-access scheme can obtain further details by contacting Toomas Rõõm (THz) or Raivo Stern (NMR, PPMS):
- toomas.room@kbfi.ee
- raivo.stern@kbfi.ee
