Facilities and Equipment available at the NCSR:
- The NCSR is well equipped with advanced facilities and instrumentation
to support a cutting edge, multidisciplinary sensor research programme.
- The equipment and facilities of the associated Schools (Biotechnology,
Chemistry and Physics) also contribute to the research programmes.
- Subject to availability, these laboratories strive to make specialised
research equipment or facilities available to external researchers,
commercial partners and other customers.
A detailed list of facilities and research equipment at the
NCSR is available
here.
Project laboratories are defined by function rather than
by scientific discipline. The aggregation of research activities
in a common location catalyses interdisciplinary research and leads
to enhanced cohesion.
Specialist facilities including microfabrication facilities,
constant temperature rooms, biohazard containment units and laser
laboratories are all housed with a single building leading to more
efficient exchange of ideas and use of research resources.
State-of-the-Art Equipment enables the NCSR to play a competitive
role in sensor development world-wide.
NCSR Equipment
Surface Characterisation
Ultra-high-vacuum STM/AFM
Molecular Scale Scanning Probe Microscope
Dektak Profilometer
Epifluorescent microscope
Scanning Electrochemical Microscope (SECM)
Contact angle measurement
Thin Film Refractive Index Measurement Unit |
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Microfabrication
Laser micro processing machine
Laser Based Micropatterning (Hot Embossing) System
Mask Aligner/Photolithographic Station
Plasma Polymer Coater
Ink jet deposition system (drop on demand)
Arrayer & Array Scanner
Micro deposition system
NCSR Arrayer |
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Process Optimisation
Matrix isolation unit
Chemical process optimisation system: 5 litre bench top reactor
Sensor Environmental Control Chamber |
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Biological Characterisation
Flow Cytometer and Cell Sorter
Biacore III SPR System
Biomek system for rapid sample processing/rapid analysis: antibody
testing
Image analyser
Cell culture system
PCR/Cycler |
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NCSR Biacore Equipment
Analytical Suite
GC-MS
Micro TAS/LIF (Microcapillary electrophoresis system)
Ion Chromatograph
Stopped-flow diode array & mini spectrophotometers
Integrated microfluidic analysis system..
Diode Array HPLC
Scanning calorimetry
HPLC
ESI mass spectrum of myoglobin |
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Photonics
Picosecond Single Photon Counting
Nanosecond Timescale Cooled CCD Cameras
Transient Raman instrument
Minispectrophotometer
Spectroelectrochemistry system
Video Microscope
On-line fibre-coupled IR |
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Electrochemistry
Multi-channel potentiostat
Ultra high frequency Impedance Rig
Electrochemical Workstations
Nanoelectrode Fabrication
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