Technical support

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AMOLF explores novel fields of research. To this purpose, the researchers need unique advanced equipment, electronics, and software that often cannot be obtained commercially and that is specially designed and made by the technical departments. AMOLF has four of these specialized technical departments. Dedicated group technicians take care of the equipment in the labs and support the researchers. In addition, AMOLF houses the NanoLab Amsterdam cleanroom facility for nanofabrication and nanocharacterization.

Researchers and technicians from different departments work closely together on research projects. Together they optimize the experimental setup and the technical infrastructure for each new experiment.

Mechanical Design

The Mechanical Design group designs the mechanical part of the experiments carried out at AMOLF. It makes detailed technical drawings for instruments, installations, and parts for these. The group collaborates closely with the Precision Manufacturing group.

Electronics Engineering

The Electronics Engineering Group makes the electric circuits needed to carry out the physics, chemistry and biology experiments at AMOLF. The electronics must work extremely accurately and often under extreme conditions.

Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM)

AMOLF acquired a unique instrument: a Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM). With this microscope researchers can now watch materials at the atomic scale and see what is happening over time and under the influence of light. This microscope is open to everyone with an academic or industrial affiliation at an hourly fee.