Transmission Electron Microscope (Phillips CM20-FEG),
Lasers (Ar, Ti-Saphire), Nano indenter, Sputtering,
Positron anihilation system, TIR and MIR infrared cameras,
Auger spectroscopy system, arc furnace melting, high-T furnace.
'The mathematician's patterns, like the painter's or the poets, must be beautiful; the ideas, like the colours or the words, must fit together in a harmonious way. Beauty is the first test: there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics.'