Equipment

IPRI is a research institute with state of the art equipment for processing and characterising the products of our research.

Processing

• Atomate CVD system for CNT production (1)
• CVD Dual Stage Tube furnace for CNT production (1)
• Solar simulator with IPCE (1)
• 363 potentiostat/galvanostat (5)
• Sputter Coater (1)
• Spin Coater (2)
• Ultrasonic probes/horns (3)
• Electrochemical Flow Cells for polymer synthesis (3)

Chemical Characterisation

• Bruker EMX ESR/EPR with electrochemical capability (1)
• Electrochemical Raman [632 & 785 nm excitation source] (1)
• Scanning Vibrating Electrochemical probe (1)
• Localised electrochemical impedance [LEIS] mapping (1)
• Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (2)
• Waters Aqueous GPC (1)
• Shimadzu HPLC [GPC capable] (1)
• JY SPEX FL22 Fluorimeter (1)
• Fourier Transform Electrochemistry for system and signal processing (1)
• Bioanalytical System CV27 (3)
• Electrochemical Atomic Force Microscope [AFM] with nanomanipulator (1)
• CD Spectrometer (1)
• UV-VIS spectrometers (3)
• Rotating ring-disc electrode (1)

Physical Characterisation

• Zetasizer Nano-PCS particle sizer [0.5-3000nm] & zeta potential [electrphoretic mobility] (1)
• Goniometer - Data Physics Contact Angle System (1)
• Scanning Electrochemical Microscope (1)
• Hunterlab ColorQuest XE Spectrometer (1)
• Dual-Mode Lever System [300B & 305B] for electromechanical actuation (2)
• Smart motor actuator, load cell [10N] and LVDT system for electromechanical actuation of textiles (1)
• Newware Battery Testing Device (1)
• Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Microbalance [EQCM] (1)
• Electrochemical EDAQ systems (4)
• Brookfield Viscometer (1)
• Thermal Gravimetric analysis system [TGA] (1)
• Jandl 4 point conductivity measurements (1)