Biological Microcalorimetry Facility
The facility, located at the University of Glasgow, is jointly funded by BBSRC and EPSRC. It provides access to various calorimeters for non-invasive and non-destructive analysis of biomolecular stability and interactions.
Contact: Alan Cooper
Catalyst Evaluation and Optimisation Service
CATS is a service aimed at evaluating, optimising and commercialising new compounds and materials for their catalytic potential. It aims to bridge the gap between the science base and the applied catalysis industry.
Contact: Dr Douglas Foster (Service Coordinator)
Chemical Database Service
The Chemical Database Service (CDS) provides on-line access to a variety of quality databases in the field of chemistry. The service is available free of charge to UK academics.
Contact: The CDS team
EPR Service
The EPR National Service at Manchester University has two continuous wave EPR spectrometers for analytical studies in the areas of chemistry, biology, medicine and physics.
EPSRC Engineering Instrument Loan Pool
The Instrument Loan Pool provides a short-term loan service of items of research equipment that may be required for EPSRC- or BBSRC-supported research grants and studentships. The service is free of charge to those supported through any EPSRC or BBSRC research grant. The equipment is delivered to any UK Higher Education Institution free of charge. Set up and advice on the use of equipment is included in the service.
FELIX
FELIX is an international free-electron laser user facility in the Netherlands. It is used for scientific research in bio-medicine, bio-chemistry and bio-physics. Guidelines for submitting a proposal and further information on FELIX and ancillary equipment are available from the FELIX web site.
Hydromechanics Facilities
The QinetiQ hydromechanic test facilities include the UK’s largest Ocean Basin (122m x 61m x 5.5m) and a Ship (Towing) Tank (270m x 12m x 5.5m)). Both facilities can create waves and are used by customers to predict ship and submarine performance as well as research and develop marine renewable devices. These facilities are available to UK academics (at minimum cost to EPSRC grant proposals) who wish to carry out experiments. Please contact QinetiQ with regards to access.
Contact: Simon Crook
Ion Beam Centre
The Ion Beam Centre based at Surrey University provides resources for ion implantation, ion beam analysis, processing and measurement of samples for EPSRC grant holders and industrial collaborators.
Laser Loan Pool
Commercial laser systems and diagnostics for researchers to carry out laser experiments at their own institutions
Mass Spectrometry Service, Swansea
The service produces low resolution mass spectra using ionisation techniques, and accurate mass measurement and separation techniques.
Contact: Mrs Bridget Stein (Service Manager)
Medium Energy Ion Scattering Facility
Medium energy ion scattering (MEIS) is a technique for determining the composition and structure of solid surfaces at the atomic level. The MEIS facility at Daresbury Laboratory is operated by Science and Technology Facilities Council as a user facility for the benefit of UK HEI researchers and industry. Access to the facility is open to anyone who qualifies for EPSRC research grants.
Contact: p.bailey@dl.ac.uk
MM-Wave and Terahertz Technology Group
A world centre for research and development on novel high performance instruments and devices processing signals in the mm-wave to terahertz band.
National Centre for Electron Spectroscopy and Surface Analysis NCESS
The National Centre for Electron Spectroscopy and Surface Analysis (NCESS), brings together industry and academe to address problems in materials science, surface science and engineering.
National Centre for III-V Technologies
The EPSRC National Centre for III-V Technologies is the main provider of III-V semiconductor materials for the UK academic community. The Facility is located in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the University of Sheffield.
National Centre for Macromolecular Hydrodynamics
The NCMH is a facility for the characterisation of the sizes, shapes and interactions of large macro-molecules of biomedical and industrial importance, such as proteins, polysaccharides, DNA and synthetic polymers, in solution.
Contact: Professor Steve Harding or Dr Gordon Morris (Laboratory Manager).
National Service for Computational Chemistry Software (NSCCS)
NSCCS provides software, specialist consultation, computing resources and software training to support UK academics working across all fields of chemistry.
Contact: Dr Sarah Wilsey
Research Complex at Harwell
High-specification laboratories for researchers using large facilities such as the Diamond Light Source, Central Laser Facility and ISIS. Will provide facilities for research in engineering and the life and physical sciences with academic access scheduled for early 2010.
Semiconductor Physics
The Semiconductor Physics Group at Nottingham University offers extensive growth and fabrication facilities for III–V arsenide and nitride semiconductor systems and extensive clean room facilities for device fabrication.
Contact: Professor L Eaves
Solid-State NMR Service, Durham
One third of the spectrometer time is used to provide a service for UK universities. Formal use of the spectrometer is for research projects where solid-state NMR will play an important role in the project. Occasional use is for one-off or a small number of samples, and for feasibility studies.
Contact: Dr David Apperley (Service Manager)
Solid State NMR, UMIST
For cutting edge solid state NMR experiments and collaborative projects. Instruments available: Bruker 400 MSL spectrometer, 7mm and 4mm CPMAS probes.
Contact: Professor M W Anderson (Service Director)
XMaS Beamline
The XMaS beamline, which is situated on a bending magnet at ESRF, comprises a unique combination of instrumentation for high resolution and magnetic single crystal diffraction.
Contact: Sandra Beaufoy
X-ray Crystallography, Southampton
Full crystal structure determination and a data collection only service are available. Instruments available: Kappa CCD Diffractometer on a rotating anonde X-ray generator, and a low-temperature cryostream device for data collection.
Contact: Professor M Hursthouse