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