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Physical sciences facilities

Shared research facilities specialising in materials analysis and physical sciences applications.

High-Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Facility

State-of-the-art solution-state and solid-state NMR technologies to determine the content and purity of a sample as well as its molecular structure, interactions and chemometrics of biological mixtures.

Albert Crewe Centre for Electron Microscopy (ACCEM)

Albert Crewe Centre for Electron Microscopy (ACCEM)

Developing new approaches to imaging atomic scale dynamics in the scanning electron microscope (SEM), scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) and focused ion beam (FIB).

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Early Career Laser Laboratory

Employing a variety of ultra-fast laser spectroscopies to facilitate the understanding of photochemical, photophysical and interfacial processes.

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Low Energy Ion Scattering (LEIS)

A method of determining the composition of the outer atomic layer of a materials surface, inherently involved in processes such as growth, etching, diffusion, and adhesion.

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Micro X-Ray CT scanner

A scanner capable of achieving sub-micron resolution, and a method to image the 3D volume of a sample and show differences in x-ray attenuation of the materials.

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Nanolithography Suite

A thermal scanning probe lithography system capable of 20 nm resolution nanopatterning of thin films and substrates.

Scanning Electron Microscopy Facility (SEMSRF)

Scanning Electron Microscopy Shared Research Facility (SEM-SRF)

Long-standing expertise in the development and application of electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) to materials’ research.

X Ray Diffraction Facility (XRD)

X-Ray Diffraction

Accelerating the advanced structural characterisation of nanomaterials across multiple material classes with a wide range of morphologies targeted for specific application.