NANOC has state-of-the-art laboratory and computational facilities for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology related research, which include for example:

Sampling and Handling Installation for Nanoparticles

  • Laminar vertical air flow chamber
  • Gloves box

Characterisation

  • Atomic Force Microscope (AFM)
  • Environmental SEM (ESEM)
  • X-Ray Diffractometer (XRD)
  • Transmitted and reflected light microscopes
  • Mercury Porosimeter
  • Accoustosizer
  • Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
  • FTIR
  • UV-Vis spectrophotometer

Distributed Parallel Supercomputer

  • Fist Principles Modelling
  • Molecular Dynamics Modelling
  • Quantum Monte Carlo

Sol-Gel Installation

  • Chemical reactor
  • Programmable ovens
  • Dip & Spin coaters