The Physics Research Facility is a collection of instruments and equipment that are accessible to researchers from King's, the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) and elsewhere.
Charging rates
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Instrument
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UKRI Non-TRAC rate
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UKRI TRAC rate
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Charity Rate
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EC Rate
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Minimum Industry Rate
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Bruker Atomic Force Microscope
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£13.41
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£47.71
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£38.34
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£39.65
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£47.71
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**
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Zeiss SEM
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£12.07
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£53.73
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£40.95
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£44.50
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£53.73
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Leybold Thermal Evaporator
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£2.27
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£20.84
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£17.25
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£16.62
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£20.84
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*
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Spin Coater
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£0.00
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£40.01
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£28.66
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£31.05
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£40.01
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Horiba Ellipsometer
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£9.97
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£53.78
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£41.33
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£43.57
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£53.78
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Bruker Invenio FT-IR
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£8.00
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£29.49
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£18.30
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£23.91
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£29.49
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Horiba Fluoromax 4 Fluoroscent Spectrometer
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£9.17
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£22.01
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£14.33
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£14.69
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£22.01
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Hitachi U4000 emission spectrometer
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£0.00
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£17.01
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£10.75
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£11.47
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£17.01
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Bruker Multimode AFM
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£11.82
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£33.18
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£17.75
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£25.51
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£33.18
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**
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Malvern NanoSight
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£0.00
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£54.42
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£42.98
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£42.82
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£54.42
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*
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Tescan MIRA 3 SEM with Delmic SPARC Cathodoluminescence
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£13.22
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£26.35
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£10.13
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£20.41
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£26.35
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Malvern Zeta Sizer
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£0.00
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£36.24
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£25.07
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£26.30
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£36.24
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*
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Femto Plasma Cleaner
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£0.00
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£11.33
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£8.19
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£8.02
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£11.33
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Horiba Duetta Spectrometer
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£9.90
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£16.10
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£9.90
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£12.30
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£16.10
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Quorum T150 Sputter Coater
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£0.00
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£11.45
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£8.60
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£8.82
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£11.45
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* Users required to bring certain consuables
*Users charged extra for use of consumables
Charging
The facility runs on an hourly rate and pricing is based on cost recovery. Invoices will be raised monthly and sent to users for payment. Non-payment of invoices within 3 months of the invoice being raised will result in sanctions by the physics facility including bans. For external users, including those from LCN, a billing address and contact details are required with booking.
Terms of Use
Please read the Terms of Use before making an equipment booking. This covers information on mandatory training, cancellation, access and the booking system.
Equipment Booking
External users should book through the booked reservation website. New users will first need to create an account.
Contact
If you wish to have training, are not sure which equipment would be most appropriate, or need to cancel a session, please email us at techs-physics@kcl.ac.uk or call us on 020 7848 2494 - 020 7848 4284