Shared Research Facilities

Researchers looking at the screen output of an ultra-high-resolution microscope

Albert Crewe Centre

Multi-disciplinary research facility for the characterisation of materials by electron microscopy and spectroscopy.
X Ray Diffraction Homepage A student using the X Ray diffraction machine

X Ray Diffraction (XRD)

This Shared Research Facility (SRF) is designed to enable and accelerate the advanced structural characterisation of nanomaterials across multiple material classes with a wide range of morphologies targeted for specific application.

LEIS Homepage A close up of our low-energy ion scattering machinery

Low Energy Ion Scattering (LEIS)

LEIS is the method of determining the composition of the outer atomic layer of a materials surface, which is inherently involved in processes such as growth, etching, diffusion, adhesion and others

ECLL Homepage Three students using microscopes in a lab

Ultrafast Transient Absorption Spectroscopy (TAS)

Ultrafast Transient Absorption Spectroscopy, TAS, is a pump-probe spectroscopic technique which facilitates the understanding of photochemical and photophysical processes.

Micro X-ray Computed Tomography (Micro XCT) A close up of our micro X-ray CT machine

Micro X-ray Computed Tomography (Micro X-ray CT)

Micro X-ray CT creates high resolution 3D images of materials without needing to section the samples.

A colourful representation of the outputs of an electron microscope

Scanning Electron Microscopy Shared Research Facility (SEM-SRF)

SEM-SRF applies electron microscopy to the study of advanced and natural materials for the energy transition, and for a cleaner and safer environment.
Nanolithography Suite Researchers using a electron microscope

Nanolithography Suite

The Heidelberg Instrument NanoFrazor Scholar is a thermal scanning probe lithography system capable of 20 nm resolution nanopatterning of thin films and substrates.