Surface Preparation Laboratory can repolish and realign the surface of a used crystal. For crystals that were used previously for experiments you save the material cost of a new crystal and we restore the surface finish for you.

What we offer you:

• We assess the crystallinity of your sample in our Laue system.
• We inform you of damage to the crystal lattice and mosaicity.
• We let you know how accurately the crystal can still be aligned.
• We polish away any impurities that are residing in the surface region of the crystal.

What you get:

• A crystal that is repolished to the same roughness spec as a new crystal.
• A surface region that is free of the contaminants that were previously present.
• A realignment of the surface normal to the original orientation.
• A slightly reduced thickness of the crystal.

What this service does not do:

• Repair a crystal lattice. You will need a new crystal if you require the crystallinity to be perfect.
• Remove bulk contaminations. Any impurity that has diffused into the deep bulk of the crystal will eventually reappear.
• Fix plastic deformations on non-polished portions of the crystal.