Lab-Tools Ltd.

Nano- to Micro- Science & Metrology,
Scientific Instrumentation and Software.

Lab-Tools.com


University of Kent Canterbury Enterprise Hub
Our Sites:
Nano- to Meso-scale
research and modeling:
nano-science.co.uk
Volumetric Metrology
research and analysis:
nano-metrology.co.uk
Porous Materials
research and analysis:
porous-media.co.uk
NMR pore measurement
research and analysis:
cryoporometry.com
Instrumentation
and software design:
lab-tools.com/
instrumentation/

The strength of Lab-Tools in the nano- to micro-scale field is based on a strong record of academic research, combined with extensively applied metrology, and the proven ability to implement novel measurement protocols with appropriate combinations of apparatus and software.

Lab-Tools Ltd. is based in the Canterbury Enterprise Hub, at the University of Kent, and has strong links with the Deparment of Physical Sciences at the University of Kent, with the Deparment of Earth Sciences at Leeds University, and with the Institute of Petroleum Engineering at Heriot Watt.

We have developed and demonstrated the first practical protocol for making 1, 2 and 3 dimensionaly resolved measurements of volumetric metrology.

We have made numerous nano- to microscale metrology analyses for a range of international firms, as well as many others for academic research. Our techniques are based on both physical thermodynamics and scattering techniques, and we apply a range of NMR, X-ray and neutron scattering techniques, as well as the more conventional gas adsorption and thermoporosimetry techniques.

However our prefered techniques are based on NMR, in particular NMR Cryoporometry. We have jointly with Cambridge University written a Review of NMR Cryoporometry, now published in Physics Reports : doi:10.1016/j.physrep.2008.02.001 .

Please contact us if you have a project for which our techniques could provide an insight:

Normalised example pore size distributions, measured by NMR Cryoporometry.
Normalised example pore size distributions, measured by NMR Cryoporometry.

2D Resolved Pore Sizes.
2D Resolved Pore Sizes, measured by spatially resolved NMR Cryoporometry.



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Porous mateials studied:
Sol-gel & CPG silicas
MCM templated silicas
SBA templated silicas
Activated carbons
Zeolites
Fired & unfired clays
Marine Sediments
Chalks, Shales
Sandstones
Oil-bearing rocks
Meteorites
Rubbers
Artificial skin
Melanised fungal cells

Address:
Lab-Tools Ltd.
G19, Canterbury Enterprise Hub,
University of Kent,
Canterbury,
Kent. CT2 7NJ

Company registered in England: 5101823
VAT: 849 4552 86

Contact:
Dr. Beau Webber
Tel: 01227 82 4675
Fax: 01227 82 7778
Mob: 07875 170 593
Publications
Research home page

Event Photo-reports

  • We are very pleased to be a partner in academic research, fundable by grants, to which these techniques could provide a novel insight, and leading to further publications in journals.
  • We are also interested in extending the range of these techniques into new fields; please contact us if you have samples that you would be interested in characterising on either an academic research basis, leading to publication, or on a commercially funded basis.
  • If you are developing a new measurement technique that requires novel apparatus, Lab-Tools can apply a powerful set of physical, mathematical and software tools to help realise this instrumentation.

Nano- to Meso-scale properties of liquids and their solids :
research and modeling.

 nano-science.co.uk

Nano- to Micro-scale Volumetric Metrology :
research and analysis.

 nano-metrology.co.uk

Lab Tools Instrumentation :
Scientific Instrumentation and Software Design.

 lab-tools.com/instrumentation

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Dr. Beau Webber : 2005-05-15, 09-30