We have invested in the latest laboratory infrastructure to support our research. Our equipment and facilities are available for academic and commercial use.

Additive Manufacturing, 3D Printing & 3D Scanning

• Dimatix
• FDM makerbot
• 3DS HD3500Max
• Stratasys F270
• PP3DP
• Anycubic I3 Mega
• Digital Light Processing (DLP) 3D printer [Titan 3, microSLA]
• Extrusion 3D Printer [Lutum 5, VormVrij]
• Digital Light Processing (DLP) unit
• 3D Scanner [Matter & Form]
• Additive manufacture for polymers and metals

Mass Spectrometry & Chromatography

• Gel permeation chromatography (GPC) size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) Multi-Detection System (GPC/SEC MDS) [Agilent 1260 Infinity]
• GPC [PL-GPC 50]
• Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization Tim of Flight (MALDI-TOF) Mass Spectrometer [Bruker Autoflex Speed]
• Headspace gas mass spectrometer (headspace gas MS)
• μHPLC coupled to Electrospray Time-of-Flight Mass Spectromet (ESI-TOF) [Ultimate 300]
• 2D GC/MS [Agilent 7200 Accurate-Mass QTOF]
• Ultra performance liquid chromatography (UPLC) equipped with UV detector and DReam instruments [Acquity Xevo TQD, ]
• Electrospray ionisation quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry for high-performance liquid chromatography (ESI-QTOF HPLC) [Bruker MicroTOFQ Ultimate 3000]
• Walk-up Liquid Chromatography Electrospray quadrupole Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer (LC-ESI-QTOF MS)
• MaXis-QTOF
• High performance liquid chromatography evaporative light scattering detector (HPLC-ELSD) [Agilent 1260 Infinity]
• TD-mCTE
• Gas Chromatography [Shimadzu]
• Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectroscopy (LC-MS) [Agilent 1260 Infinity ii Quaternary Pump with ESI MS]
• HPLC DAD/RI (x2)
• Ion Chromatography
• Bespoke-Gas GC, GC1, GC2, GC3
• UHPLC Maxis QTOF MS coupled to an ultra high-pressure Liquid Chromatography system
• Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) with Thermal desorption
• Nano Liquid Chromatography coupled to Electrospray quadrupole Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer (nanoLC-ESI-QTOF MS)
• High Pressure Gas Absorption Apparatus
• High Performance Adsorption Analyzer [Micrometrics 3FLEX 3500]
• Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC)
• Size Exclusion Chromatography (SEC)

Materials Processing

Thermal & Polymer Characterisation

• Bomb calorimeter [IKA C1]
• Microcalorimeter
• Thermalc conductivity measurement [TPS 3500 Hot Disk Regular, FOX600]
• Thermal Imaging Cameras [FLIR T620]
• Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) [SETARAM Calvet 3D μSc]
• Gas sorption [ASAP 2020, Micromeritics 3 Flex, & Autosorb-iQ]
• High-pressure volumetric gas sorption [HTP-1]
• Hydrogen isotope exchange
• Thermal Analyser [STA 441 F1 Jupiter Simultaneous]
• Intelligent gravimetric analyzer
• Isothermal calorimetry
• Indirect calorimeter [GEM]
• Total Organic Carbon (TOC) & Total Nitrogen (TN) analyser
• Mercury intrusion [Pascal 140 & 440 Series]
• Dilatometer [Netzsch DIL 402C]
• Porolux 1000
• Nanoparticle analyser [Nanosight NS500]
• shaker systems for energy harvesting characterisation
• DMA [Triton 2000 & Mettler-Toledo DMA-1]
• Vapour sorption [DVS advantage 1]

Vacuum

• Vacuum Helium Leak Detector (UL 200, Inficon)
• Various vacuum chambers capable of achieveing base pressures of 10^-9 mbar to atompsheric pressure

Lithography

• Direct Laser Write (DLW) [Heidelberg MPG101]
• NanoImprint Lithography [EVG 620]
• Mask Aligner [mutliple Karl Suss MJB-3]
• Electron Beam Lithography (EBL)/SEM [Raith Elphy Plus]
• Displacement Talbot Lithography (DTL) [Phable 100M]

Coating, Etching & Material Growth

• Sputter Coaters [Edwards S150B, HHV500]
• Thermal Evaporators [Edwards E306, Moorfield Minilab]
• Electron beam Evaporators [Edwards FL400, Moorfield Minilab,]
• Thin Film Deposition System [AUTO 500]
• Photoresist spinners (various)
• Dry photoresist laminator
• Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapour Deposition (PE-CVD) reactors [Aixtron Black Magic x2, Oxford Instruments, Plasma Therm 790]
• Metal Organic CVD (MOCVD) reactor (x2) [Oxford Instruments]
• Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) Reactive Ion Etchers (RIE) [ICP80, ICP100, Plasmapro System 100 Cobra, Leica EM RES 102, Diener]
• ceramics processing and freeze casting
• A comprehensive range of tube and chamber furnaces capable of heating to 1700° C Automated Flexible Electronics Measurement System (Precision Atomics)
• A wide range of stirring hotplates
• Filmetrics reflectrometry system
• Plasma Treatment / etcher [Diener Zepto]
• Caster [Elcometer 4340]
• Hollor fiber spinneret
• Anodic alumina membrane synthesis
• Tube Vacuum Furnance [Carbolite, Red Devil G]
• Alumina Tube Furnace
• Vacuum ovens
• Binder ovens
• Muffle furnace [Gallenkamp]
• Spincoaters [Laurell WS-650MZ-23 NPP, Headway & others]
• Dessicator units [various]
• Freeze driers [various]
• Vacuum Ovens [various]
• Ultrasonicator (GT Sonic, 100W)
• Numerous analytical micorbalance
• Nanofilm vacuum filtrater
• Nanofilm inkjet printer
• Nanofilm spray coater
• Centrifuges [various, Hettich, Thermoscientific Megafuge16, Eppendorf]
• Fume hood [various, Esco Ascent]
• Optical Fibre Drawing Tower
• Integrating Sphere

Membranes

Performance Testing

• Pervaporation rig
• Liquid permeation test for ceramic membrane
• Dead-end & crossflow cell

Surface Testing

• Conductivity Meter [Jandel RM3000]
• Impedance analyser [Solatron S1 1260]
• Impedance spectroscopy (with temperature)
• Dielectric interface [Solatron 1296]
• Potentiometer/galvanometer [metrohm AUTOLAB]
• Contact angle goniometry [OCA15 & OCA25]
• Porometer [Porolux 1000, Pascal 140 Mercury]
• High-performance adsorption analyser [3Flex+ 1MP Analyser with flow degasser]
• Physisorption Analyser (BET) [3Flex]

Microscopy

Electron Microscopy

• Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) [JEOL JSM 6301F, FE-SEM7900F, Hitachi S4300]
• Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) [JEOL 1200 EX & TEM 2100+]
• TEM equipped with Energy Dispersive X-Ray analyser (EDX) (JEOL JSM-2100PLUS)
• SEM equipped EDX [JEOL JSM-6480LV & Hitachi]
• EM and cryo-EM preparation system (Leica EM TXP)

Scanning Probe & Atomic Force Microscopy

• Atomic force microscopes (AFM) [Veeco multimode nanoscope III, Asylum Jupiter XR with various mode additions]
• Non-contact surface profilometer [Proscan 2000, Veeco 6M Dektak]
• Nanoindenter [Anton Paar, NHT3]
• Presion motion controller [Thror Lab]
• Nanodrives [Madcity lab]

Optical Microscopy

• Non inverted microscopy [Microeconomique]
• 3D optical microscope [Keyence, VHX]
• Inverted fluorescence-equipped microscope [Nikon]
• Optical micrscopes [Leica M205C]
• Widefield Fluorescent Microscope [Leica Dmi8]
• Multiphoton Confocal Laser Scanning Fluorescence Microscope [Zeiss LSM880]
• Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope Zeiss LSM-880 with Airyscan and multiphoton laser
• Light Sheet Microscope [Zeiss Z.1]
• Upright fluorescence-equipped microscope [Olympus]
• Confocal Laser Scanning Fluorescence Microscope [Zeiss CellDiscoverer 7 with LSM900 Multiplex Airyscan]
• Two-Photon Time Domain Fluorescence Lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM)
• High-throughput automated multiple frequency domain Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy
• Inverted microscope [EVOS M5000]

Non-Destructive Testing

• X-ray computed tomography system (CT) [Nikon]
• Peripheral quantitative computed tomograph [pQCT XCT 3000]
• Ultrasonic phased array system with National Instrument software/hardware
• High-performance cooled InSb detector [Flir Systems]
• Uncooled IR detector based on microbolometer technology
• Polytec 2D laser vibrometer
• Non-linear ultrasonics
• Ultrasonic C scanning
• Thermography
• Thermal wave imaging thermoscope
• Ultrasonic sciences C-scan system (2.5 x 1.2m scan area)

Spectroscopy

• Raman Spectrometer [REINSHAW inVia, iRaman BTC161E]
• NMW Spectrometer [AVANCE III 400 & AVANCE III 500]
• UV-Vis Spectrometer [Numerous Cary 100 UV-Vis, DReam equipped, Andor, Shimadzu UV 1800, Jenway Nanodrop] -SPR Spectrometer [Reichert]
• General use Spectrometer [Ocean Optics]
• FT-IR Spectrometer [Perkin Elmer Frontier, Bruker FT-IR Spectrometer INVENIO]
• Optical Spectrum Analyser [Agilent, Ando]
• Residual Gas Analyser (rRGA) [Stanford Research]
• TGA [SETARAM SETSYS Evolution]
• TOC analyzer [shimadzu TOC-VCPN]
• MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometer
• Spectral Flow Cytometer
• Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer/Microscope (FTIR) -Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectrometer [Advance 300, Advance III 400, Advance III 500, Advance III HD 500, Avance NEO 400 (x2), Avance NEO 500, Propulse 500]

Structures Characterisation

• 10 kN [Instron E10000]
• 50kN testing machine [Instron 3369, TriScan Pro Advanced]
• 100kN testing machine [Instron 1195, Multi-Axis 8800]
• 100 kN hydraulic actuator
• 200 kN Mayes machine [Retrofitted 8800 Control Tower]
• 250kN testing machine [Instron 5585H]
• 2000 kN Frame [Retrofitted 8800 Controller]
• Force Plates [Kistler portable 9260AA6]
• Servohydraulic fatigue testing stystem [Instron 8803]
• Isokinetic dynamometer [Humac Norm]
• Fluid Dynamic Gauging (FDG)
• CT load cell [Deben, CT5000]
• Screw Extruder [Process 11 Twin]
• KIPP Pyranometer
• IR and rain exposure systems
• Environmental cabinet [Instron 3111]
• Digital image correlation/ doppler laser vibrometry
• Dynamic Mechanical Analyser (DMA)
• Limess VIC3D high-speed digital image correlation system
• Motion Tracker System [XSENS Wireless, Qualisys, Near-infrared Camera equipped]
• GPS Ionospheric Scintillation
• 3 x 1.5m Airbus autoclave for composites (100psi; 250°C)
• Bertec split belt force instrumented treadmill
• Armfield open channel research flume

X-ray Diffractometry

• Single Crystal Xray Diffraction (XRD) [Agilent Technologies Xcalibur]
• Single Crystal XRD [Agilent Technologies Supernova Dual]
• Transmission and Reflection Powder XRD (PXRD) [Bruker D8-Advance and a STOE STADI P]
• Small-Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) [Anton-Paar SAXSpoint 2.0]

Computing & Software

• Structural modelling software [ABAQUS / VICONOPT / ANSYS]
• Electronic circuit design software [Cadence suite]
• Material Simulation software [COMSOL Multiphysics]
• Data processing software [Matlab, Maple]
• Mechanical design software [AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor, Fusion, Sketchup, Solidworks]
• Analytical and quantitative research software [ChemOffice, SPSS, Spectragryph, Nvivo, CCDC]
• Digital twinning software [ARENA]
• VSimulators [Bi-Axial Motion, Climate Controlled Room, Virtual Reality Equipment]
• Balena, Anatra (cluster), Isambard and Nimbus (Cloud) High Performance Computing (HPC) System

Particle & Powder Characterisation

• Nanoparticle characterisation [Nanosight NS300]
• Zeta Potential, Particle Size, Concentration characterisation [Zetasizer & DLS Mastersizer 3000, Nanosizer & Malvern lasersizer]
• Pycnometer [AccuPyc 1330]

Electrical Charcaterisation

• Wedge bonder [K & S]
• Conductivity Meter [Jandel, Various]
• Probe station [Karl Suss]
• Semiconductor Device Analyser [Agilent B1500 A]
• Vector Network Anlyser
• Potentiostat [Autolab FRA32M]
  
• 30K Dry Cryostat for HTS Magnet Testing
• Custom-built 3 kV and 5 kV Source Measure Units
• 5 kV High Voltage High Frequency Switch [Behlke HTS 61-03-GSM]
• Four point probe [Jandel]
• Low Voltage Source Measure Unit [Keithley 2611, Keithley 2602B]
• Hight Current Source Measure Units [Keithley 238]
• Digital Oscilloscope [Agilent DSO5032A]
• Induction Coil Magnetometers
• 80MHz Arbitrary Waveform Generator [Agilent 33250A]
• Digial Multimeters [HP 34410A]
• Spectrum Analyser [FSW13]
• High Voltage Source Measure Units [Keithley 237]
• Auto-Ranging PicoAmmeters [Keithley 485]
• Superconducting Motor Test Cryostat
• Liqui Nitrogen Cryostate [Various]

Rheology

• Rheometer [Brookfield DV III Ultra]
• Hybrid Rheometer [HR-2 Discovery]

Bio-Imaging & Biotech

• Microplate readers [BMG Labtech CLARIOstar, Phosphorimager Plus Plates]
• Flourescene microscopes [Dmi8 Microscope, LSM-880, Z.1 Lightsheet, FACS Aria, FACS Canto, CLARIO star]
• Microtomes [various]
• Autolan
• Millipore Ultrapure (Type1) water -(Direct-Q 5UV)
• Auto Clave [MDS Medical Lts]
• Syringe pumps [Various]
• Bio Analyser [Cedex]
• Multifunction Process Control Teaching System and Bath Enzyme Reactor
• PalmSens4
• Flow Cytometers [FACS Aria, FACS Canto]
• Biosensors [MP160]
• Clinical chemistry analyser [RX4041 RXDaytona+ Analyser]
• Hypoxic cabinet
• Protein purification [AKTA Go]
• Fast protein liquid chromatography (FPLC) [AKTA]
• Biological Safety Cabinet [MSC Advantage Class II]
• Electrochemiluminescently-labeled detection [Meso Quickplex SQ 120]
• Incubators [various]
• Metabolic Cart [CareFusion Vyntus]
• ASA-LAB EEG System
• Flow Cytometer [Guava EasyCyte 6-2L System]
• Flow Reactor
• Bone denseometer [Hologic DEXA Scanner]
• Treadmill [HP Cosmos]
• Climate Chambers [DY110]
• Controlled Temperature Room
• Hypoxic cabinet equipped with epi-fluorescent microscope Leica Dmi8
• Hypoxic workstation Baker [Ruskinn Sci-tive Duo]
• InCell Analyser Plate Reader with High Content Microscope [InCell Analyser]
• Eye tracker [Eyelink 1000]
• EEG actiCHamp Plus 64 System with actiCAP
• Fermentation Systems [Labscale]
• Large Environmental Chamber

Prototyping

• Laser Cutting Machine [Epiglog Fusion M2 60 Watt]
• A1 Laser Cutter
• Abraisive saw [Buehler discutom]
• Diamond Wire Saw
• Precision Composite Plate Saw [Compcut 500]
• Wafer Lapping/Polishing Machine [15VS Variable Speed]