Facilities

As a fully cross-departmental Centre, through Materials Science Lancaster it is possible to access to a wide range of state-of-the-art facilities across Lancaster University.

Two staff members working in an Isolab pod

Departmental Facilities

  • Chemistry

    Following recent significant investment in the Department of Chemistry, we have a wide array of state-of-the-art analytical facilities for materials synthesis and characterisation.

  • Engineering

    The Department of Engineering has extensive facilities for additive manufacturing and characterisation of material properties.

  • Physics

    Within the Department of Physics, the Quantum Technology Centre and clean room offer state-of-the-art facilities for nanoscale device fabrication and characterisation.

Materials Science Facilities

Within each department, we also have specialised facilities for conducting materials science research:

  • SAFER

    One of only two systems in the UK, the SAFER (Scanning electron microscope Analysis with Fib, Ebsd/Eds and Raman) system in the School of Engineering offers a huge range of analysis options to probe materials in the micron/nanoscale domain.

  • IsoLab

    This annexe to Physics houses a suite of 3 laboratories where vibration, noise and electromagnetic disturbance have been drastically reduced, creating an "ultra-clean" environment for measurement and characterisation.

  • X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS)

    Our Physics Department's XPS machine allows us to explore functional surfaces and tailored interfaces at the nanoscale.