Raman spectrometer
Opening of the NIC-Sensors by Minister Pando 13th Sept, 2010
Minister with PhD students
Raman spectrometer (purchased 2008)
COST: R 1 200 000 – DST-MINTEK
Users:
1.Pharmacy – RU2.Organic chemists– RU3.Inorganic Chemists – RU4.Biotechnology – RU5.Geology -RU6.Nelson Mandela MU7.University of Fort Hare8.T Nyokong’s group
Problems:Laser broken – Repair Funds??? – NRF Chair funds!
Operators:
Any student following training
Inside the NIC-Sensors - facility
X-ray diffraction (XRD)
R 2 500 000DST/Mintek/NRF Purchased (2009)
Users:1.Univ of Fort Hare2.Geology – RU3.Inorganic chemists- RU4.T Nyokong’s group
Operators:
Any student following training
Atomic Force microscopy (AFM) and Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM)
Users:
1.Pharmacy – RU2.Inorganic Chemists – RU3.Biotechnology – RU4.T Nyokong’s group
Repair – R 200 000Chair funds
NRF ONLYR 1.0 mPurchased 2007
Operators:
Two students and one post-doc trained – but too temporary
MALDI – TOF Mass spectrometer R 3.6 mil
Mainly NRF – small contribution – MintekPurchased 2010
Users: 1.University of Fort Hare2.UKZN – enquiries3.T Nyokong’s groupOperators:
1 staff and two students trained
Inside the NIC-Sensors - facility
Jonathan Britton - PhD
Megan Coates - PhD
Operators:
Dr Edith Antunes (staff) –and Two students
Arriving in January – 2011: XPS
Cost: R 7 mil (NRF ONLY)
Interested users:
1.Physics – RU2.Geology - RU
Inside the NIC-Sensors - facility