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Centre for Integrated Materials, Processes & Structures facilities and equipment

We have the latest equipment for measuring the structural, chemical, physical, and mechanical properties and processing materials available to for you to hire.

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