Facilities
The Centre for NanoScience Research provides access to state-of-the-art instrumentation and fosters and promotes interdisciplinary research collaborations in nanoscale science.
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Analytical separations lab
We are at the forefront of capillary electrophoresis (CE) and have access to a broad variety of HPLC instruments in the lab.
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Laser spectroscopy facility
We have lasers for high resolution laser excited total luminescence, excitation, fluorescence lifetime measurements and more.
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Material characterization lab
Instrumentation includes polymer characterization techniques (GPC, VPO) and also DSC/TGA for thermal analysis.
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Microscopy and imaging facility
We deliver microscopy services and training on advanced scanning probe microscope and electron microscopy resources, with demonstrated resolution on the order of fractions of a nanometer.
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Nano material synthesis
Our various nanomaterial synthesis reactors are designed to enhance the ability to perform chemical reactions under controlled conditions on a laboratory scale.
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Spectroscopy laboratory
State-of-the-art instrumentations to detect, determine, and quantify the molecular and/or structural composition of samples in physical and analytical chemistry, with a focus on expertise in nanomaterials.
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Surface characterization facility
State-of-the-art instrumentation such as AFM/STM and imaging ellipsometer/Brewster angle microscope to investigate surfaces.