Kelvin Nanocharacterisation Centre

The Kelvin Nanocharacterisation Centre develops and uses state-of-the-art imaging, diffraction and analytical techniques to characterise advanced functional and structural materials. The centre interacts with academic and industrial colleagues to improve our understanding of fundamental processes in solids and to use the new knowledge to improve the performance of materials with properties tailored for specific applications.

KNC welcomes collaborative projects with both academic and industrial colleagues where our expertise brings added value. The centre is able to undertake contract work.

‌Equipment:

• Transmission electron microscopy
• FEI Strata FIB200TEM Focussed Ion Beam system
• FEG-Scanning electron microscope

Characterisation

• Atomic force microscope / magnetic force microscope

Sample preparation

• Ion-milling: Gatan PIPS, Gatan Duomill
• Dimpling: 2 Gatan Dimplers
• Other: Buehler low speed saws, South Bay Technology tripod polisher, general polishing facilities
• Coating: carbon evaporator
• Sputtering: metal sputtering system with interchangeable targets
• Cleaning: Fischione plasma cleaner

Computational

• Workstation with OOMF software for magnetic modelling
• Dec-alpha Workstation with FEFF8 - WIEN97 for EELS modelling
• PCs and Macs with Gatan Digital Micrograph

For further information contact Dr Damien Mcgrouther