LCN Facilities

The following list gives a general guide to the facilities available within the London Centre of Nanotechnology at UCL and Imperial College London and who is responsible for each facility. Please see the brochure giving details of the new LCN building.

To access details of particular facilities please click on the link below or use the sub-menus on the left.

Imperial College London (South Kensington)

for emergencies dial extension 44444 or from outside Imperial +44 (0)20 7594 4444

TITAN Transmission Electron Microscope
David McComb	d.mccombimperial.ac.uk
2000FX TEM
Dr Mahmoud Ardakani	m.ardakaniimperial.ac.uk
2010 TEM
Dr Mahmoud Ardakani	m.ardakaniimperial.ac.uk
LEO Gemini 1525 FEGSEM
Dr Mahmoud Ardakani	m.ardakaniimperial.ac.uk
JSM840A SEM
Dr Mahmoud Ardakani	m.ardakaniimperial.ac.uk
JSM5610LV SEM
Dr Mahmoud Ardakani	m.ardakaniimperial.ac.uk
JSM6400 SEM
Mr Fraser Wigley	f.wigleyimperial.ac.uk
Sample Preparation
Dr James Perkins	j.m.perkinsimperial.ac.uk
Remote Microscopy
Dr James Perkins	j.m.perkinsimperial.ac.uk
Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy (SIMS)
Mr Richard Chater	r.chaterimperial.ac.uk
Thermal Analysis
Richard Sweeney	richard.sweeneyimperial.ac.uk
X-Ray Diffraction (XRD)
Richard Sweeney	richard.sweeneyimperial.ac.uk

UCL (Gordon Street Building)

for emergencies dial extension 222 or from outside UCL +44 (0)20 7679 3333

UV/PLD Lab (Level 4, Room 4.02)
Ian Boyd	i.boydee.ucl.ac.uk	Extension 39972
Diamond Electronics Lab (Level 4, Room 4.06)
Richard Jackman	r.jackmanee.ucl.ac.uk	Extension 39971

Nano BioChemistry Lab (Level 3, Room 3.02)
Bart Hoogenboom	b.hoogenboomucl.ac.uk	Extension 30606
Rachel McKendry	r.a.mckendryucl.ac.uk	Extension 39995

Back End Lab (Level 2, Room 2.02)
Takashi Matsuura	t.matsuuraee.ucl.ac.uk	Extension 32463
MBE Lab (Level 2, Room 2.08)
Ed Romans	e.romansucl.ac.uk	Extension 39983
Josephson Lab (Level 2, Room 2.06)
Paul Warburton	p.warburtonee.ucl.ac.uk	Extension 39986

Clean Room (Entire Level 1)
Takashi Matsuura	t.matsuuraee.ucl.ac.uk	Extension 32463

M.O.K.E (Level 0, Room G.02)
Gabriel Aeppli	lcn-administratorucl.ac.uk	Extension 30623
Nanoelectronics Lab (Level 0, Room G.03)
Arokia Nathan	anathanucl.ac.uk	Extension 30599
EMC/Optics Lab (Level 0, Room G.04)
Gabriel Aeppli	lcn-administratorucl.ac.uk	Extension 30600
Tissue Culture (Level 0, Room G.07)
Guillaume Charras	g.charrasucl.ac.uk	Extension 30594
MPMS Lab (Level 0, Room G.08)
Mark Ellerby	mark.ellerbyucl.ac.uk	Extension 33438
Gas Room (Level 0, Room G.15)
Takashi Matsuura	t.matsuuraee.ucl.ac.uk	Extension 32463
Cleanroom Plant Room (Level 0, Room G.05)
Estates and Facilities Division	s.etienneucl.ac.uk (acting)	Extension 39904
Lift Area (Level 0, Room G.13)
Estates and Facilities Division	s.etienneucl.ac.uk (acting)	Extension 39904

Chemical Preparation (Level -1, Room B1.08)
Rachel McKendry	r.a.mckendryucl.ac.uk	Extension 30610
Confocal Lab (Level -1, Room B1.02)
Guillaume Charras	g.charrasucl.ac.uk	Extension 30607
Laser Lab (Level -1, Room B1.06)
Franco Cacialli	f.cacialliucl.ac.uk	Extension 30608
Bio Characterisation Lab (Level -1, Room B1.03)
Guillaume Charras	g.charrasucl.ac.uk	Extension 30605

AFM Lab (Level -2, Room B2.02)
Bart Hoogenboom	b.hoogenboomucl.ac.uk	Extension 30606
SEM/FIB Lab (Level -2, Room B2.04)
Paul Warbuton	p.warburtonee.ucl.ac.uk	Extension 33971
STM Lab (Level -2, Room B2.01)
Neil Curson	n.curson@ucl.ac.uk	Extension 32972
Cyrus Hirjibehedin	c.hirjibehedin@ucl.ac.uk	Extension 32617
Chemical SPM Lab (Level -2, Room B2.05)
Geoff Thornton	g.thorntonucl.ac.uk	Extension 30617
Specialised Probe Lab (Level -2, Room B2.07)
Rachel McKendry	r.a.mckendryucl.ac.uk	Extension 30614