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