Applications and techniques

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  Electron Microscopy

  Imaging and analysis with SEM, and in-situ work in TEM/SEM/FIB

  • Benchtop SEM
  • Full-size SEM
  • SEM detectors
  • Graphene liquid cells for TEM
  • EDS for SEM (Bruker QUANTAX)
  • EBSD (Bruker QUANTAX)
  • Micro-XRF on SEM (Bruker QUANTAX)
  • EDS for TEM and STEM (Bruker QUANTAX)
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  Microscopy Sample Preparation

  Coating, polishing and cleaning samples for SEM, TEM and XPS

  • Sputter coating for SEM
  • Ion beam polishing for SEM
  • Sample plasma cleaning
  • TEM holder plasma cleaning
  • SEM/XPS chamber plasma cleaning
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  In-Situ Analysis

  Testing samples inside SEM, FIB, AFM, optical and X-ray instruments

  • Tensile testing for SEM, AFM and optical
  • Peltier cooling stages for SEM
  • Laser heating in TEM/SEM/FIB
  • Nanoindentation in SEM, FIB, Raman and AFM
  • Tensile stages for µXCT
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  Mechanical Property Analysis

  Hardness, modulus, tensile and compression testing

  • Nanoindentation
  • Tensile and compression testing
  • In-situ nanoindentation
  • In-situ tensile testing for µXCT/XRD
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  Electrical Characterisation

  Conductive AFM for conductive, insulating and soft materials

  • Conductive AFM module
  • Conductive AFM for polymers and soft materials
  • Atomic force microscopy
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  Surface Metrology

  Step height, roughness and topography by stylus and optical profiling

  • Stylus profilers for metrology
  • Optical profilers for metrology
  • Solar cell characterisation
  • Microfluidics
  • Geochronology
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  Contact Angle and Surface Energy

  Wettability, surface energy and powder contact angle

  • Contact angle analysis
  • Portable contact angle analysis
  • Zisman plots and surface energy
  • Adsorption (wicking) and powder contact angle
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  Surface and Interfacial Tension

  Tensiometer measurements of liquids, surfactants and powders

  • Surface tension measurements
  • Interfacial tension measurements
  • Critical micelle concentration
  • Density measurements
  • Penetration measurements
  • Sedimentation measurements
  • Thermal conductivity measurements
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  Vibration-Sensitive Work

  Isolation for optics, semiconductor, life science and microscopy

  • Optics, photonics and spectroscopy
  • Semiconductor, metrology and display
  • Life science
  • SEM/TEM vibration isolation
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  Nanofibre Production

  Electrospinning nanofibres for research and manufacturing

  • Nanofibres in air filtration
  • Nanofibres in biomedical applications
  • R&D trials and services
  • Innovations in electrospinning
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  Thin-Film Coating

  Ultrasonic spray coating for research and production

  • Fuel cell coatings
  • Nozzle and nozzle-less spraying
  • Benchtop ultrasonic coating
  • Industrial ultrasonic coating

By industry

The same instruments in production and industrial laboratories.