Description
The Manchester Nanocharacterisation Laboratory is a leading facility for the investigation of fundamental mechanical material properties on the nano, micro and meso scale. Established in 2015 the laboratory is home to a number of state-of-the-art platform and insitu nanoindenters.
These can be used to investgate the surface mechanical properties of thin films, ceramics, biomaterials and hydrogels, polymers, metals, organic crystals and 2D materials.
Primarily used for gathering stiffness and hardness data, the technique can also be use for determining fracture toughness, yield stress, creep, viscoelastic properties and surface tribology.
The platform systems feature a full complement of environmental options. High temperature testing up to 1000⁰C. Cryo testing down to -100⁰C. Humidity cell capable of 35%-85% RH. Electrochemical cell for corrosion studies.
The insitu systems allow for integration with electron microscopy. The Pi85 sits within a Zeiss Sigma SEM and is used for testing micro pillars and cantilevers. The Pi95 is designed to work with FEI TEM systems.
Specification
The range of Bruker UK instruments includes:
- Hysitron Bioindenter
- Hysitron Ti980 Triboindenter
- Hysitron Ti980(950 Glovebox)
- Hysitron TS77
- Hysitron Pi85/87
- Hysitron Pi95
- Hysitron Biosoft
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