Selected instruments available at the UNAM shared facility

Facility – UNAM National Nanotechnology Research Center for the complete list

  • Scanning electron microscope (for EDS analysis, FEI Nova NanoSEM 430)
  • Environmental SEM (FEI Quanta 200F)
  • Transmission electron microscope (FEI Tecnai G2 F30)
  • Circular dichroism spectrophotometer (JASCO J-815)
  • Chiral HPLC (with an Astec CHIROBIOTIC T chiral column, 25 cm x 4.6 mm, 5 µm)
  • X-ray photoelectron spectrometer (SPECS Phoibos)
  • Raman/AFM/SNOM imaging (WITec SNOM Raman alpha 300)
  • Nanomagnetics AFM
  • X-ray diffractometer for thin film (PANalytical X’Pert Pro MRD)
  • PPMS (Cryogen free superconducting magnet system, Cryogenic Limited)
  • Time-resolved spectrofluorometer (Jobin Yvon Fluorolog-3 with a NIR PMT module, 950-1700 nm)
  • Fluorescence spectrophotometer (Cary Eclipse)
  • FT-IR spectrometer (Nicolet 6700) with a microscope
  • UV-VIS-NIR spectrophotometer (Varian Cary 5000)
  • Quadrupole time-of-flight LC/MS (Agilent Technologies 6530)
  • Inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometer (Thermo X series II ICP-MS)
  • DLS and zeta-potential measurement system (Malvern Zetasizer Nano ZS90)
  • Isothermal titration calorimeter (MicroCal iTC200)
  • NMR spectrometer 400 MHz (Bruker Avance DPX 400)
  • pH meter (Mettler Toledo SevenCompact S220 pH/Ion)

Facilities that may be available at other institutes