KCMC Major Equipment Investments in Year 1
| Description | Location | Innovation focus |
| Advanced Gas Sorption Equipment | Centre for Materials Discovery, Department of Chemistry, UOL | Surface area characterisation for nanomaterials and heterogeneous catalysts: characterisation of the gas sorption and separation properties of novel porous materials |
| Atomic Force Microscope | Centre for Materials Discovery, Department of Chemistry, UOL | Characterisation of surfaces of materials with applications from functionalised glass in buildings and in PV devices to soft materials surface morphology in home and personal care. |
| Environmental Scanning SEM | Centre for Materials Research and Innovation, UOB | Electron microscopy imaging supporting all areas of activity in materials chemistry with a particular focus on biological systems such as anti-microbial coatings, medical devices, MEMS and microfluidics for biofluids |
| Schimadzu Axima Confidence™ MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometer | Mass Spectrometry Facility, School of Chemistry, UOM | Molecular mass analysis in support of all programmes. This system provides rapid, high quality MALDI mass spectra. Linear mode allows the interrogation of high molecular weight samples, whilst reflectron mode, incorporating the patented curved-field reflectron (CFR), provides the high resolution and mass accuracy necessary for detailed analysis of complex mixtures of molecules |
| Capillary NMR Probe | Centre for Materials Research and Innovation, UOB | Targeted at biosensor development. Screening, efficacy assessment and calibration of novel biosensors |
| Hecus S3-MICRO X-ray scattering facility - SAXS/SWAXS/GISAXS for the analysis of nanoscale morphology of materials. Extraordinary high brilliance X-ray source bridges the gap to synchrotron radiation sources. State of the art Pilatus pixel detector means thermal behaviour of samples can be screened in the laboratory in real-time. | X-ray facility, School of Chemistry, UOM | Applications of this system include: Colloid solution SAXS, nanoparticle sizing, thin-film structure analysis, LC phase mapping, nanopowder porosity |
| Atomic Layer Deposition | Department of Materials, UOL | ALD with plasma assistance both lowers operating temperatures and increases the areas available for deposition, opening up new substrate classes (eg organic materials) and deposition on industrial process-relevant sample sizes e.g. glass |
| MBRaun Inert Atmosphere Fabrication and Testing Facility | Organic Materials Innovation Centre, School of Chemistry, UOM | Solution processed FET and solar cells can be fabricated in clean and inert atmosphere and tested for device performance without exposure to the atmosphere. System includes surface cleaner, evaporator, annealer, spin coater, probe station and solar simulator. Applications are focussed on printed electronics. |
| Multiwell high pressure reactor | Centre for Materials Discovery, Department of Chemistry, UOL | The main activity here is parallel high pressure reactions in solution of direct relevance to sustainable synthesis processes for the pharma industry but also allowing investigation of novel nanomaterials synthesis. |
| Analytical Nanocentrifuge | Ultra Mixing and Processing Facility, Department of Chemistry, UOL | This unique instrument allows the precise analysis of the size distribution of nanoparticles within complex mixtures down to less than 5 nm in size – it will be invaluable in characterising nanomaterials for use in formulations or in biological applications for example. |
| Sputtering System | Centre for Materials Research and Innovation, UOB | 2D and 3D device fabrication eg using masking, for application in MEMS and Microsystems development |