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The School boasts a diverse range of state-of-the-art teaching and research laboratories spanning the full spectrum of material classes, including dedicated facilities for materials processing, characterisation, testing, and analysis. Most of our laboratories are housed in the аIJʹÙÍø Hilmer building, serving as a central hub for cutting-edge materials research and innovation.

These facilities are available to School and university researchers, supporting a wide range of projects in materials science and engineering and other disciplines. Additionally, many of our laboratories are open to external collaborators, fostering partnerships with industry, government, and academic institutions to drive advancements in materials research.

Alphabetical List of Laboratories

• Biochar Research Laboratory
• Biomaterials Laboratories
• Casting Laboratory
• Ceramics Research Laboratory
• Electrochemical Research Laboratories
• Electromechanics Laboratory
• Electronic Materials Characterisation Laboratory
• Energy Conversion Devices Laboratory
• First Year Experience LaboratoryÌý
• General Teaching Laboratories
• Gleeble Thermomechanical Processing Laboratory
• Granular Materials Laboratory
• High Bay Heavy Processing Laboratory
• High Temperature Materials Laboratory
• Interface Characterisation Laboratory
• Magnetic Materials Laboratory
• Magnetron Sputtering Laboratory
• Metallographic Preparation Laboratories
• Metallographic Analysis Laboratories
• Mechanical Testing Laboratory
• Multipurpose Furnace LaboratoriesÌý
• Nanionics Laboratory
• Nanodevice Characterisation Laboratory
• Nanomaterials Laboratory
• Nanomechanics Testing Laboratories
• Optical Measurements Laboratories
• Oxide Molecular Beam Epitaxy Laboratory
• Physical Metallurgy Laboratories
• Piezoelectric Property Characterization Laboratory
• Polymer Synthesis Laboratories
• Powder Synthesis Laboratory
• Pulsed Laser Deposition Laboratory
• Pyrometallurgy Laboratories
• Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscopy Laboratory
• Scanning Probe Microscopy Laboratories
• Scanning Tunnelling Micoscopy Laboratory
• SMaRT 3D Printing Laboratory
• SMaRT Graphene Chemistry Laboratory
• SMaRT High Temperature Microscopy Laboratory
• SMaRT Processing Laboratories
• SMaRT MicroFactories
• Thermal Analysis Laboratories
• Thermoelectric Analysis Laboratory
• Thin Film Characterisation Laboratory
• Thin Film Lithography Manufacturing Laboratory
• VECOR LaboratorIes
• Wear Testing Laboratories
• Wet Chemistry Laboratories

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The school has extensive and well-established research facilities. For the most efficient use of these resources, please use the appropriate booking system.

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The school has Fuji Xerox printers for staff and students located on Level 1 to Level 4. There are two black & white printers located in Rm 217 on Level 2 and Rm 417 on Level 4, and two colour printers with multifunction located in Rm 117 on Level 1 and Rm 317 on Level 3.

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We are a central research infrastructure unit that provides microscopy and analysis facilities to the research community of the university. If you are new to our unit and would like to use our facilities, please go to the access page to find out how to register.

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The SSEAU is part of the Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre located in the Chemical Sciences Building (F10) on the Kensington Campus. We have specialised facilities for structural and elemental analysis for a wide range of research areas.

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This lab focuses on vibrational spectroscopy techniques, Raman and infrared, enabling chemical characterisation and micron-scale mapping of solids, liquids and powders. The lab hosts two Raman spectrometers (one with photoluminescence capability), two FTIR spectrometers and two UV/Visible/NIR spectrophotometers.

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First established as an inter-faculty operation with its first spectrometer with a superconducting magnet in 1982, this facility is now located within the purpose-built Analytical Centre, housed in the Chemical Sciences Building (F10), and equipped to an international standard with state-of-the art instruments.

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The аIJʹÙÍø AI Institute is the new flagship аIJʹÙÍø Research Institute in artificial intelligence (AI), data science (DS) and machine learning (ML).

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