The CAF can offer a range of services and facilities to support the analysis of materials and compounds. Depending on your research, there are six different platforms of instrumentation that can be used with our support on a collaborative project basis or as a fee-for-service offering.
| Find out how CAF’s six platforms of instrumentation could support your research. |
Centre for Advanced Microscopy (CfAM)
The Centre for Advanced Microscopy (CfAM) brings together a suite of high-performance imaging platforms to help you see materials, products and biological systems in extraordinary detail. From FIB-SEM, SEM and...Read More >
Mass Spectrometry
Our Mass Spectrometry facilities offer a comprehensive platform for qualitative and quantitative analysis across simple and highly complex samples. With high-resolution systems (QTOF, MALDI and Orbitrap_, targeted LC-MS/MS on triple...Read More >
NMR Spectroscopy
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) is a powerful analytical technique used to determine the structure, dynamics and reaction kinetics by monitoring chemical environment of molecules. By placing a sample in a...Read More >
Optical Spectroscopy
The infrared and Raman spectroscopy section of the CAF is equipped with two Perkin-Elmer Spectrum 100 FTIR spectrometers, one of which is interfaced to a Perkin-Elmer Spotlight 400 FTIR imaging...Read More >
Thermal Analysis
The thermal analysis laboratory, housed within the CAF lab, contains a suite of high-performance instrumentation that can investigate thermal events within a wide range of materials, from archaeological, through to...Read More >
X-Ray Diffraction
The Chemical Analysis Facility (CAF) has state-of-the-art facilities for single-crystal, powder and small-angle scattering X-ray diffraction. Members of staff have considerable expertise in these analytical techniques and are happy to...Read More >