Nanotechnology & Advanced Materials Research Institute
Truly World Class Facilites
NIBEC is equipped with a truly world class suite
of nano characterisation, fabrication and manipulation equipment. One of the strengths of NIBEC is
the access staff have to this equipment within one building. As well as a characterisation laboratory,
NIBEC also boasts a surface science suite, a dedicated and fully equipped cell biology laboratory and
a brand new nanotube facility. The facilities suite is supported by a team of experienced staff with
support and training available to outside users.
Laboratories |
- Cleanroom with microfabrication facilities
- Cell Biology Lab
- Photonics Lab
- Nanotechnology Fabrication Lab, including nanotube CVD facility
- Nanotechnology Characterisation Lab
- Plasma Modification Suite
- Plasma Diagnostics Monitoring Suite
- Microsensors Lab
- Photocatalysis Lab
- Thin Film Laboratory including RF Sputtering, CVD,ebeam deposition, RIE, FCVA, and Thermal Evaporation
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Equipment |
Facilities |
- Nanoindentor
- Confocal Micro-Raman Spectroscopy
- Ellipsometry
- X-ray Diffraction (XRD)
- X-ray Reflectometry (XRR)
- DCM
- Projection Angle
- Surface Area Analyser
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- Focused Ion Beam and Ion Milling
- Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapour Deposition (PECVD)
- Filtered Cathodic Vacuum Arc (FCVA)
- Sputtering System
- E-beam
- Thermal Evaporation
- Reactive Ion Etching (RIE)
- Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy
- Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)
- Mass Spectroscopy
- Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS)
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AMFoR Facilities
The facilities available to the AMFoR Group have been tailored to
meet the requirements of sheet metal characterisation and production
process optimisation common to Aerospace manufacturers. Equipment.
Laboratory Facilities |
Capabilities |
- 5500R 100kN Instron
- 600kN Dartec
- 1342 250kN Instron
- 1110 5kN Instron
- Rockwell Hardness Tester
- 40 Tonne Press Brake
- Bespoke Universal Formability Test Rig
- Forming Limit Test Rig
- CAMSYS GPA100 system
- Ultrasonic thickness gauge
- FaroArm 3D Portable coordinate measuring machine (4m
Arm)
- Laser profilometer
- Bend-stretch test
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- Determination of in plane anisotropy using tensile
testing at 15 degree intervals. Both yield strength and
r-values are measured for each angle
- Biaxial yield testing using equi-biaxial hydraulic
bulge testing and an extensometer spherometer
- Plane strain compression and tension testing of
sheet materials
- In-plane shear testing of sheet materials
- Forming limit diagram testing
- Limiting Dome height tests
- Swift Cupping test
- Springback measurement during stretch forming
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Computer Hardware |
Computer Software |
- x workstations
- 26 Node Linux Cluster
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- CATIA V5
- NX NASTRAN
- PAMSTAMP 2G V2005
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