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Drop Shape Analysis (Kruss DSA10-Mk2) liquid-liquid interfacial tension measurements (above ~2 mN m^-1) Contact angle measurements
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
Du Nouy Ring Tensiometry (Kruss K10 & K10T) Manual surface tension measurements
Du Nouy Ring Tensiometry (Kruss K12) Fully automated surface tension measurements
UV/vis spectrometer (ATI Unicam)
Stopped Flow (Hi-Tech Scientific SF61) Single mixing stopped flow system
Polarizing Microscope (Nikon) with mounted camera (JVC) and Heating Stage (Linkam) Liquid crystal phase behavior
Water Purification System (Elga Option 3) 40L water reservoir
Centrifuge (Centurion 1000 Series)

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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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.