Laboratory Equipment

The laboratories are equipped with extensive analytical and characterisation equipment.  This indludes:

• X-Ray Diffractometer with glancing angle attachment and hot stage to identify the compounds and their crystal structures.
• Single crystal X-Ray Diffractometer.
• High-Resolution Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope with microanalysis unit and cryo-stage for surface morphology and microstructure imaging, elemental and failure analysis.

• ToF-SIMS (Time of Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer) for detailed chemical analysis of the outer few atomic layers of a surface.
• Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope (ESEM) for analysis of materials at elevated temperatures and gaseous enviornments.                      
• Boreal Laser and Hiden quadrupole mass spectrometer for gas emission analysis.

• X-Ray Photoelectron Spectrometer with depth profiling to identify surface composition and chemistry, corrosion mechanisms, nature of surface con-tamination etc.
• Atomic Force Microscope for investigation of roughness factors, fricition and magnetic storage capabilities
• Furnaces of various sizes capable of 1200 C.