Scanning Electrochemical Cell Microscopy (SECCM) – Rig 2
Model: Home-built scanning probe microscopy instrument
Specifications:
- Sample stage and a pipette holder mounted, respectively, on an X-Y (Nano-M250, MadCityLabs) and a Z (Nano-MET10, MadCityLabs) piezoelectric positioners with motorized stages for coarse positioning (Mini Micro-Platform, MadCityLabs)
- Home-built potentiostat featuring current collectors with a sensitivity of 1nA/V, and a data collection system (PCIe-7856R FPGA card, National Instruments)
- The platform in mounted on a ZEISS Axio Vert.A1 inverted microscope coupled with a microscopy Camera AxioCam ERc 5s Rev.2
- The microscope is mounted on an antivibration bench (MinusK – 25BM-8)
- Faraday cage equipped with acoustic and thermal insulation (not seen in picture for clarity)
Possible on-demand analyses:
- Local Electrochemistry coupled with optical micrographs : SECM, SICM, SECCM, etc.
Enquiries: Prof. Jon Ustarroz
Scanning Electrochemical Cell Microscopy (SECCM) – Rig 1
Model: Home-built scanning probe microscopy instrument
Specifications:
- Sample stage and a pipette holder mounted, respectively, on an X-Y (Nano-M250, MadCityLabs) and a Z (Nano-MET10, MadCityLabs) piezoelectric positioners with motorized stages for coarse positioning (Mini Micro-Platform, MadCityLabs)
- Home-built potentiostat featuring current collectors with a sensitivity of 1nA/V, and a data collection system (PCIe-7856R FPGA card, National Instruments) assisted with an optical camera
- Antivibration optical table (TMC Ametek)
- Faraday cage equipped with acoustic and thermal insulation
Possible on-demand analyses:
- Local Electrochemistry : SECM, SICM, SECCM, etc.
Enquiries: Prof. Jon Ustarroz
FTIR Spectrometer
Model: Thermo Nicolet 5700
Specifications:
- Wavenumber 4000 – 400 cm−1
Accessories:
- Attenuated Total Reflectance (ATR)
- Diffuse Refelectance
- InfraRed Reflexion Absorption Spectroscopy (IRRAS)
Possible on-demand analyses:
- Transmission
- Coatings on reflective surface
- Powders
Enquiries: Prof. Thomas Doneux
Electrochemical Working Stations
Model: Metrohm-Autolab PGSTAT (different models)
Specifications
6 potentiostats
Accessories:
- Rotating (Ring) Disc Electrodes
- Optical Bench
- Frequency Response Analysers
- Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Microbalance (EQCM)
- Bipotentiostat
Possible on-demand analyses:
- Corrosion, Polarisation curves
- Electrodeposition, Plating
- Anodic Stripping Voltammetry
- Pulse Voltammetries
- Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy
- Photo-electrochemical measurement
Enquiries: Prof. Thomas Doneux
Laser-Based Micropipette Puller System
Model: Sutter Instrument p-2000
Specifications:
- CO2 laser-based heat source
- Capable of pulling quartz, borosilicate and aluminosilicate glass.
- Capable of pulling electrodes with tip diameters smaller than 0.03µm.
Possible on-demand analyses:
- Microinjection
- Nano probe fabrication and/or research : nanopipettes, nanoelectrodes, etc.
Enquiries: Prof. Jon Ustarroz
Fluorescence Microscope
Model: Nikon Ti-Eclipse
Specifications:
- Confocal Laser Fluorescence Microscopy, Lasers at 488 nm, 543 nm and 632 nm
- Wide field fluorescence microscopy, Andor Clara CCD camera, Mercury lamp, Filter cubes: B2A, FITC, Cy5, FRET
- Spectroelectrochemical cells for coupled Electrochemistry – in situ fluorescence microscopy
Possible on-demand analyses:
Enquiries: Prof. Thomas Doneux
UV-Vis Spectrophotometer
Model: SAFAS UV-mc2
Specifications:
- Double beam, 185 – 1100 nm
- Peltier Temperature control −4 °C – +110 °C
- Holder for 10 cells
Possible on-demand analyses:
- Routine UV-Vis analysis
- Temperature controlled measurements
- DNA/RNA melting curves
- Thermal Difference Spectroscopy
- …
Enquiries: Prof. Thomas Doneux