Published date: 11 October 2016

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 10 November 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) - 38000000

  • Diffraction apparatus - 38530000

Location of contract

M13 9PL

Value of contract

£0 to £100,000

Procurement reference

2016/1189/TF-XRD-R/VF/JW/PC/JD

Published date

11 October 2016

Closing date

10 November 2016

Contract start date

8 December 2016

Contract end date

27 March 2017

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The University of Manchester will be home to a new national research and innovation centre in advanced materials, the Sir Henry Royce Institute (SHRI). The new Institute, supported by industrial partners, will have its Hub in Manchester.

The University wishes to appoint a Contractor or Contractors to supply an X-ray diffraction, using X-ray diffractometers suitable for investigating structures of nm-thin films. The XRD apparatus will allow us to investigate the in-plane and out-of-plane crystalline structures of thin films, laminates and membranes (e.g., graphene or graphene oxide membranes) at various conditions such as different temperatures and different solution or solvent environment etc. The understanding of the membrane structure at various conditions is crucial for the optimisation of membrane design for various applications. For example, the inter-layer structure of graphene oxide membrane changes drastically with exposure to different aqueous solutions and this property allow us to tune the graphene capillaries in the graphene oxide membranes. This XRD machine will be critical for the characterisation and functionalization of solution processed large area 2DM van der Waals heterostructures and films for various applications such as photovoltaic, sensors etc.

More information

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Additional text

To express an interest in this project please visit the website below where you will need to register to obtain tender documentation.

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofmanchester/aspx/Home

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About the buyer

Contact name

John Whittaker

Address

Manchester
Manchester
Lancashire
M13 9PL
United Kingdom

Telephone

0161-275-4501

Email

John.Whittaker@manchester.ac.uk