SISSI-Mat offline

Welcome to the SISSI-Mat offline Laboratory

The SISSI-Mat infrared Laboratory at Elettra uses conventional sources ranging from the Far-Infrared to the Near-IR and up to the visible to for performing spectroscopy, microspectroscopy and imaging. The applications cover a wide range of research fields, including surface and material science, plasmonics, cultural heritage, forensics, microanalysis, geosciences, high-pressure IR studies, and more. 

SISSI-MAT is operated by CNR-IOM personnel and strongly interacting with the twin Laboratory of SISSI-Bio. The lab is equipped with a VERTEX 70v spectrometer coupled to a Hyperion-2000 infrared microscope for spectroscopy and spectromicroscopy measurements over the whole spectral range. The possibility to mount different detectors as well as beamsplitters allows exploiting a diffraction limited beam from the visible down to the terahertz. The machine is also equipped with a cryostat and a diamond anvil cell, thus permitting to explore the behavior of matter at extreme conditions of temperature and pressure. For such applications and specific setups it is mandatory to contact the local contacts well in advance in order to schedule and prepare the experimental setup.

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Proposal Submission

From the second semester 2025, SISSI-Materials offline will be open to users. Access to the laboratory will be granted according to the consolidated peer-review competitive research scheme. We invite users and collaborators to discuss their proposals with the laboratory local contacts well in advance before the submission deadline. This is crucial for improving the proposed experimental plan, both in terms of instrument selection and sample prepration.