Electrical Transport Properties Laboratory

In this laboratory, two closed cycle cryostats (17 K-300 K) are used to measure resistivity, thermoelectric power, thermal conductivity and specific heat, with suitable homemade probes. The measurement cells are designed for small samples, since they were aimed at measuring small organic single crystals, from 0.5 mm up to a few mm (length). All measurements are automated with home-made programs. This equipment is mainly used to study transport properties of molecular organic conductors, thermoelectric materials and d and f intermetallic compounds. This equipment is available to scientific community on the basis of research cooperation and co-authorship of publications in peer-reviewed international scientific journals and Conference presentations.

Contact person: Elsa B. Lopes – eblopes@ctn.tecnico.ulisboa.pt