Lab Equipment
Our newly refurbished labs are fully equipped for
the wide range of chemistry carried out within the group. The
following pictures show the major pieces of instrumentation/apparatus
contained within our laboratory (not including the vast range of
synthesis equipment).
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Drop Shape Analysis (Kruss
DSA10-Mk2)
Liquid-liquid interfacial tension
measurements (above ~2 mN m-1)
Contact angle measurements
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Drop Volume
Tensiometry (Lauda TVT 1)
Liquid-liquid interfacial tension measurements (above ~2 mN m-1)
Air-liquid interfacial tension measurements (above ~2 mN m-1) -
particularly useful when using volatile solvents
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Du Nouy Ring Tensiometry (Kruss K10 &
K10T)
Manual surface tension measurements
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Du Nouy Ring Tensiometry (Kruss K12)
Fully automated surface tension
measurements
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UV/Vis spectrometer (ATI Unicam)
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Stopped Flow (Hi-Tech Scientific SF61)
Single mixing stopped flow system |
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Polarizing Microscope (Nikon) with
mounted camera (JVC) and Heating Stage (Linkam)
Liquid crystal phase behavior
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Water Purification System (Elga Option
3)
40L water reservoir
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Centrifuge (Centurion 1000 Series)
Pressure cell |
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As well as the equipment available in our lab we
also have access to: Kruss Spinning Drop Tensiometer (for interfacial
tensions < 2 mN m-1), Lambda 270 MHz and 400 MHz NMR spectrometers,
Bruker Nanostar X-Ray diffractometer, Electrospray and Chemical
Ionization mass spectrometry, Malvern Mastersizer light scattering
equipment and Tunneling Electron Microscopy & Scanning Electron
Microscopy equipment.
