Centre for Nanostructures and Advanced Materials (CeNAM)
Our facility provides a wide range of instrumentation for use by the nanotechnology community, and others, to characterise their research samples. Researchers from universities and other public institutions, as well as from industry, are welcome to book time on our instruments using the booking facility.
The following instruments are available for external users to book and use, either with or without the help of an operator from the Centre.
Contact Dr Solly Motaung at smotaung@csir.co.za for bookings.
Available instrumentation: Image forming
| Instrument Description and Model | Pricing | Instrument status | |
| CSIR/Local Institutions | Industry | ||
| ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TECHNIQUES | |||
| JEOL JSM-7500F Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FE-SEM) Equipped with Energy Dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) | R650/hour | R1300/hour | Running |
| JEOL JEM-2100 High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscope (HRTEM) | R650/hour | R1300/hour | Running |
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ZEISS-Auriga Cobra SEM.
Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FE SEM) equipped with Focused-Ion Beam (FIB) and an Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDX). |
R1100/hr for FIB milling R650/hr for SEM imaging |
R2200/hr for FIB milling R1300/hr for SEM imaging |
Running |
| ZEISS axiovisson microscope equipped with Linkam heating stage (THMS 600)- Polarised Optical Microscope |
R350/hour at room temperature R650/hour using heating stage |
R700/hour at room temperature, R1300/hour using heating stage | Running |
| SCANNING PROBE TECHNIQUES | |||
| VEECO Digital instruments Nanoscope, Multimode Atomic Force Microscope | R650/hour | R1300/hour | Running |
| X-RAY TECHNIQUES | |||
| PANalytical X’Pert PRO X-ray Diffraction (XRD) | R300/hour | R600/hour | Running |
|
Anton Paar SAXS with line and point collimation 1 X-ray tube, 2 beam lines-Small angle X-ray Scattering
BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT ONLY |
R1400/hour | R2800 per hour | Running |
| OPTICAL TECHNIQUES | |||
| Perkin-Elmer LS-55 Fluorescence Spectrometer (Photoluminescence Spectrometer) | R250/hour. | R500/hour | Running |
| Jobin Yvon Nanolog FL3-22- Nanolog Spectro-Fluorometer | R650/hour. | R1300/hour. | Running |
| Jobin Yvon LabRAM HR 800 UV-VIS-NIR- Raman Spectrometer |
R650/hour. A change of wavelength will be charged at R550 per change |
R1300 per hour. A change of wavelength will be charged at R550 per change. |
Running |
| Perkin Elmer Spectrum 100 FTIR spectrometer- Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) | R650/hour. | R1300/hour | Running |
| Perkin-Elmer LS-55- UV/VIS Spectrometer | R650/hour. | R1300/hour | Running |
| HORIBA LB 550-Dynamic Light Scattering |
R300/hour |
R600/hour | Running |
|
LS-100 Automated Angle Ellipsometer (BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT ONLY) |
R1400/hour | R2800/hour | Running |
| THERMAL ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES | |||
| TA Instruments TGA Q500 – Thermogravitational analyzer |
R350/run R600/two run R900/three runs |
R700/run R1200/two run R1600/three runs |
Running |
| Perkin Elmer DSC 8500 – Differential Scanning Calorimeter |
R350/ run
R600/ two run |
R700/run
R1200/two runs |
Running |
| TA Instruments DSC Q2000 – Differential Scanning Calorimeter |
R350/ run
R600/ two run |
R700/run
R1200/two runs |
Running |
| Perkin Elmer DMA 8000 – Dynamic Mechanical Analyser |
R350/run
R600/two run |
R700/run
R1200/two run |
Running |
| Ceast HDT6 Vicat – Heat Distortion Temperature | R500/sample | R1000/sample | Running |
| Ceast MFM Multiweight - Melt Flow Meter | R350/hour | R700/hour | Running |
| Perkin Elmer Pyris 1 TGA – FTIR/NIR spectrometer Frontier – A combination of Thermogravitational analysis and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy. | R650/hour | R1300/hour | Running |
| POLYMER TECHNIQUES | |||
| Instron Tensile Tester 5966- K883 – with configurations for tension, compression and flexural tests. | R300/sample | R600/sample | Running |
| Mocon Permatran 3/33 – Water Vapour Permeability | R450/sample | R900/sample | Running |
| Mocon Oxtran 2/21 and 2/22 – Oxygen Permeability | R650/sample | R1300/sample | Running |
| IDM Instruments Gelbo Flex Tester G0002 – Resistance of flexible barrier materials to Pin holing. | R650/sample | R600/sample | Running |
| Micromeritics AccuPyc II 1340, Gas Pycnometer | R350/sample | R700/sample | Running |
| Fire Testing Technology, i series- I – Cone Calorimeter | R750/hour | R1500/hour | Running |
| Fire Testing Technologist UL 94– Confirmation of test flames for burning test on plastic materials. | R750/run | R1500/run | Running |
| Anton Paar Physica Rheometer MCR 501 – Rheology | R750/run | R1500/run | Running |
| Anton Paar MCR 302- Modular Compact Rheometer | R650/hour | R1300/hour | Running |
| Ceast Impactor (Resil) – Toughness of polymer materials. | R300/sample | R600/sample | Running |
| Automatic Notchvis Plus (Ceast) – Notching technique for impactor tests. | R300/sample | R600/sample | Running |
| ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES | |||
| Dionex ICS 5000+ Ion Chromatography | R100/element | R200/element | Running |
| Icap Q Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer | R100/element | R200/element | Running |
| Perkin Elmer GC (Clarus 680) – MS (Clarus SQ 8C) – A combination Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectroscopy. | R650/hour | R1300/hour | Running |
| Malvern Viscotek GPC max (VE 2001) – Gel Permeation Chromatography | R650/sample | R1300/sample | Running |
| SURFACE ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES | |||
| Micromeritics Tristar II BET analyser | R350/sample | R700/sample | Running |
