The CPE manages a large amount of equipment across two sites, in Physics, South Kensington and the Molecular Sciences Research Hub at White City. All CPE members and their groups may use these facilities; some require an access fee.
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CPE Facilities
CPE Facilities and Equipment at South Kensington
The CPE's facilities manager, Gihan Ryu, based in Physics (South Kensington) manages our ​​​Glovebox System and Characteristics Labs. .
- Spin coater
- Evaporators
- OFET measurement
- Impedence analyser
- Dektak surface profilometer
- CV set up
- Kelvin probe
- Vacuum oven
- Four-point probe
- Perovskite glovebox
- Polarised microscope
- EQR system
- UV-Vis spectrophotometer
- Scanning Kelvin probe
- Perovskite glovebox
- OLED JVL system
- JVL system with integrating sphere
- Transient photodiode response
- Stability test system
CPE Facilities and Equipment at White City
The CPE's facilities manager, Pabitra Tuladhar, based at the Molecular Sciences Research Hub (White City) manages our ​​​Cleanroom OPV Labs. Contact Pabitra for booking: p.shakya@imperial.ac.uk.
- Chemical workstations (Class ISO5) compatible with all types of wet chemistry
- Programmable spin coaters located in both fumehoods and gloveboxes
- Hotplates located in both fumehoods and gloveboxes
- Diener Femto oxygen plasma chamber
- Zentier and R-K Knife bar coaters
- MBraun evaporator – located in an MBraun glovebox
- Kurt J Lesker evaporator – located in an MBraun glovebox
- PVE300 Bentham photovoltaic EQE measurement system
- Lot-Oriel solar simulator
- Alpha Step Tencor D500 surface profilometer
- Probe station for transistor characterisation
- Separate MBraun glovebox complete with spincoater for perovskite fabrication
Polymer/molecule synthesis and measurement equipment:
Contact Martin Heeney for access.
Synthesis equipment
- Preparative GPC
- Microwave reactor
- Automated column
Characterisation equipment
- GPC
- High temperature GPC
- GCMS
- DSC
- Cyclic Voltammetry
- UV-vis spectrometer
CPE researchers may also access Spin-LAB in Materials.
- SQUID-based Magnetic Properties Measurement System (MPMS): T= 2-800K, field = 0-7 Tesla, includes facilities for AC, light excitation, high sensitivity.
- CW-EPR: X-band. Includes optical excitation.
Contact: Sandrine Heutz
Other equipment in the Department of Materials is also available on charge-out for CPE researchers. See
