Science City Advanced Materials programme
The Universities of Warwick and Birmingham have received £10 million from the regional development agency Advantage West Midlands and the European Research Development Fund (ERDF) as part of the Birmingham Science City Initiative, to establish the region as an international competitor in advanced materials.
The Science City Advanced Materials programme will create a virtual centre that will undertake internationally-leading research and development into the creation, development and characterisation of new, advanced materials for applications in a diversity of industries from aerospace engineering to healthcare and information computing technology.
As part of this initiative the Microscopy Group has been given funds to upgrade both its microscopy and sample preparation facilities.
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691 Precision Ion Polishing System (PIPS™)
http://www.gatan.com/products/specimen_prep/products/691_PIPS.php |
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The SC1000 ORIUS® TEM CCD camera is the latest generation of large format (11 Megapixel) retractable and fiber-optical coupled CCD cameras. Built with state-of-the-art CCD electronics and improved mechanical design, this new family of TEM camera provides exceptional image quality with fast speed. http://www.gatan.com/products/digital_imaging/products/832_SC1000.php |
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ZEISS Axio Imager http://www.imas.co.uk/prod/product-details.php?gid=30&sgid=41&pid=71 |
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ZEISS Stemi 2000 http://www.imas.co.uk/prod/product-details.php?gid=30&sgid=43&pid=81 |
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K950X Turbo Evaporator |
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Gatan's MonoCL3 is a dedicated, "turn-key" cathodoluminescence (CL) system for high resolution imaging and spectroscopy suitable for all Scanning Electron Microscopes (SEMs) http://www.gatan.com/products/sem_products/products/cathodo/MonoCL3.php http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/physics/research/condensedmatt/microscopy/facilities/jeol6100/ |
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Alto 2500 Cryotransfer for SEM http://www.gatan.com/products/sem_products/products/alto_2500.php http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/physics/research/condensedmatt/microscopy/facilities/supra55/ |