Services and Facilities
There are a broad range of opportunities to engage with us through directly supported projects, consultancy, external use of our facilities and analytical capabilities or partnering in research applications.
Our well-appointed research labs, together with state-of-the-art analytical instruments and support services provide a unique, highly effective environment for the development of many different types of catalytic and sustainable chemical processes.
Relevant Durham capabilities used in CSCP’s research include:
- Dedicated high pressure/high hazard reaction (autoclave) facilities
- Bespoke nano materials handling laboratory
- Dedicated glass-blowing, electrical, and mechanical workshops with expertise in reactor design and construction
- X-Ray diffraction (powder and single crystal
- X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (coming soon)
- Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
- Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM)
- Raman Microscope
- NMR Spectroscopy (solution- and solid-state)
- Mass spectrometry
- Raman and Infra-red spectroscopy (including DRIFTS)
- BET surface area determination
- Size-exclusion chromatography
- Thermal analyses: DSC, TGA, TGA-MS-IR
- Elemental analysis (ICP-OES, CHN, XRF)
- Atomic Force Microscopy & Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy (AFM/STM)
Please contact the research grouping leader, Dr Simon Beaumont, or our Commercial Contracts Officer, Dr Pamela Robinson, for more information.