Characterisation
INEX has comprehensive tools for the structural, compositional and functional investigation of materials and devices in addition to its metrology, inspection and test and microscopy capabilities described elsewhere.
Capability
- Fourier transform infrared spectrometry for composition analysis, and indication of quality or material consistency
- Raman spectroscopy for sample composition, crystal structure and stress studies
- Surface plasmon resonance and dual beam polarisation interferometry for the characterisation of thin films and near surface bio-molecular interactions
- Microparticle image velocimetry for the characterisation of milli- and microfluidic flows and microparticle manipulation methods
- Electroschemical impedance spectroscopy
Equipment
- Varian Digilab FTS7000 PEM-IRRAS FTIR spectrometer
- Jobin Yvon LabRam HR800 confocal Raman microscope
- Eco Chemie Autolab SPR system
- Farfield Analight Bio200 dual beam interferometer
- Dantec microparticle image velocimetry system
- Autolab potentiostat and galvanostat