Facilities
EaStCHEM benefits from its substantial critical mass in possessing a very wide range of world class facilities for research.
EaStCHEM’s facilities and capabilities underpin world-class research and provide an invaluable resource for industrial clients. Many facilities can be used by external organisations, or work can be undertaken on a service basis.
View more information about EaStCHEM Facilities below, and follow links for contact details for each. If you don’t know exactly what facility you need, please contact us.
Analytical Chemistry Instrument Suite
In Edinburgh: The Analytical Chemistry Instrument Suite (ACIS) is a hands-on training facility supporting student development in analytical chemistry. Its range of advanced analytical equipment also provides a valuable resource for industry researchers.
Atomic Force Microscopy
In Edinburgh: Scanning probe microscopy (SPM) is an imaging technique which provides a 3-D and structural analysis of surfaces from mesoscopic scale to atomic resolution. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is a high-resolution type of SPM, which provides surface topography profiles on the order of fractions of a nanometer.
Read full information about AFM.
Biomedical Sciences Research Complex mass spectrometry and proteomics facility
In development.
Crystallography
EaStCHEM has excellent facilities and capabilities in both Single Crystal X-ray diffraction and Power X-ray Diffraction (PXRD)
Read full information about crystallography facilities in Edinburgh.
Electron Microscopy
In development.
Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) Spectrometry
In Edinburgh: The Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) Spectrometry facility houses a wide range of ICP platforms and has expertise in the qualitative and quantitative analysis of elements in a diverse range of matrices – from environmental samples through to small molecules and complex biomolecular systems.
Mass Spectrometry
EaStCHEM benefits from advanced mass spectrometry facilities.
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance & Reaction Mechanism
EaStCHEM has advanced capabilities across liquid and solid-state NMR and hosts national facilities.
Pyrochemical Research Laboratory
In Edinburgh: The Pyrochemical Research Laboratory (PRL) is an open access national user facility, established to provide academic, public, and private sector organisations with access to state-of-the-art equipment to support world leading research, at the interface between high temperature, inert/controlled environments and analytical measurements.
Raman Spectroscopy
The combination of a Raman and/or IR spectrometer with an optical microscope allows spectra of small objects to be measured with high spatial resolution (up to few micrometres). Raman and IR spectroscopy provides a non-destructive way of characterisation and surface analysis of a wide-ranging number of materials and systems.
Surface Science
In development.