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

3D printing

• Dimatix
• FDM makerbot
• 3DS HD3500Max

Chromatography

• GPC/SEC MDS Agilent 1260 Infinity
• Gel Permeation Chromatography PL-GPC 50
• MALDI-TOF Bruker Autoflex Speed
• Ultimate 300 μHPLC coupled to ESI-TOF
• 2D GC/MS Agilent 7200 Accurate-Mass QTOF
• UPLC Waters Acquity Xevo TQD
• ESI-QTOF HPLC Bruker MicroTOFQ Ultimate 3000
• HPLC-ELSD Agilent 1260 Infinity

Materials characterisation and processing

• bomb calorimetry IKA C1
• ceramics processing and freeze casting
• comprehensive range of tube and chamber furnaces, 1100-1700° C
• DSC SETARAM Calvet 3D μSc
• DMA Mettler-Toledo DMA-1
• ferroelectric, piezoelectric and pyroelectric characterisation
• gas sorption ASAP 2020
• gas sorption micromeritics 3 Flex
• high-pressure volumetric gas sorption HTP-1
• high-temperature furnaces
• hydrogen isotope exchange
• impedance spectroscopy (with temperature)
• intelligent gravimetric analyzer
• isothermal calorimetry
• Leica M205C
• Leica DMIL
• mercury intrusion pascal 140 Series
• mercury intrusion pascal 440 Series
• nanoparticle analyser nanosight NS500
• Netzsch DIL 402C dilatometer
• non-contact surface profilimeter Proscan 2000
• optical and electron microscopy
• porolux 1000
  
• shaker systems for energy harvesting characterisation
• Solatron S1 1260 impedance analyser
• Solatron 1296 dielectric interface
• TGA SETARAM SETSYS Evolution
• TOC analyzer shimadzu TOC-VCPN
• Triton 2000 DMA
• vapour sorption DVS advantage
• zeta potential analyzer/DLS mastersizer
• zetasizer marlvern lasersizer

Membranes

Fabrication

• casting machine Elcometer 4340
• hollor fiber spinneret
• anodic alumina membrane synthesis
• plasma etching system Zepto
• tube furnance carbolite
• vacuum oven and oven
• muffle furnace Gallenkamp
• Spincoater Laurell WS-650MZ-23 NPP

Performance testing

• pervaporation rig
• liquid permeation test for ceramic membrane
• dead-end cell
• crossflow cell

Surface testing

• Jandel conductivity Meter RM3000
• FT-IR Perkin Elmer Frontier
• potentiometer/galvanometer metrohm AUTOLAB
• contact angle goniometry OCA15

Microscopy

• FESEM JEOL JSM 6301F
• Sputter Coater Edwards S150B
• Sputter Coater Edwards E306
• TEM JEOL 1200 EX
• Microeconomique non inverted microscopy
• SEM/EDX JEOL JSM-6480LV
• AFM Veeco multimode nanoscope III
• Nikon inverted light microscopy

Non-destructive testing and structural health monitoring

• X-ray computed tomography system (CT-Scan)
• 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 Spectroscopy REINSHAW inVia
• NMW Spectrometer AVANCE III 400
• NMW Spectrometer AVANCE III 500
• UV-Vis Spectrometer Cary 100 UV-Vis

Structures characterisation and manufacture

• Instron 1195 - 100kN testing machine
• Instron 5585H - 250kN testing machine
• Instron 3369 - 50kN testing machine
• Instron 3111 environmental cabinet
• digital image correlation/ doppler laser vibrometry
• Limess VIC3D high-speed digital image correlation system
• 3 x 1.5m Airbus autoclave for composites (100psi; 250°C)
• additive manufacture for polymers and metallics
• structural modelling software: ABAQUS / VICONOPT / ANSYS

X-ray diffractometry

• Single Crystal XRD Agilent Technologies Xcalibur
• Single Crystal XRD Agilent Technologies Supernova Dual
• PXRD Bruker D8-Advance