Facilities
A Temporal Analysis of Products (TAP) reactor, which comprises a fast transient pulse system with on-line mass spectrometric analysis and which is capable of providing mechanistic information on catalytic reactions with millisecond time resolution;
State-of-the-art equipment for the use of isotopic labelling to investigate catalytic reaction mechanisms;
State-of-the-art equipment for catalyst characterisation by chemical (chemisorption, thermal analysis) and physical means (surface area, pore size distributions);
A Bruker fast response Fourier Transfer Infrared spectrometer with in situ cell for investigating key surface intermediates on catalysts under real, dynamic conditions;
Powder X-ray diffractometer, with in situ cell for investigating the structure of catalysts and changes in structure under reaction conditions;
X-ray photoelectron spectrometer with environmental chamber, for investigating the surface composition of catalysts after treatment in a controlled atmosphere;
Three Fourier Transform NMR spectrometers (300 and 500 MHz) for analysis of products of complex organic reactions;
Two four-circle X-ray single crystal diffractometers (one with a CCD detector) for determining the crystal structure of new nano-materials and inorganic complexes with potential catalytic properties;
Raman spectrometer for in situ investigation of catalytic surfaces under reaction conditions;
Circular dichroism spectrometer, for analysis of complex mixtures;
Four mass spectrometers, including a double focussing instrument and two GC/mass spectrometers;
Ten continuous flow computer-controlled microreactors with on-line infrared gas analyser, mass spectrometer or gas chromatograph facilities;
Small and large autoclaves for measuring the kinetics of catalytic reactions at elevated pressures and temperatures;
The most modern facilities for laser-based spectroscopy, including nanosecond pulsed systems;
Off-line GC and HPLC with autosampler capabilities;
Catalytic reactor design for the understanding and scale up of catalytic reactions.