Research Infra

World-class Equipment at the Department of Chemistry (Joseph Banks Laboratories)

The Department of Chemistry (School of Natural Sciences) is housed in the University’s Joseph Banks Laboratories, a £23m investment for interdisciplinary and world-class research, providing students and researchers with free access to high-specification instrumentation for spectroscopy, diffraction, chromatography, imaging, and separation science. Equipment relevant for the synthesis/characterization of advanced materials and an energy transition is listed below. Further information of JBL equipment/instrumentation can be found here.

The ETN Lab: Representative capabilities

JBL Science: Representative capabilities


The Bridge Advanced Engineering R&D Centre

The Bridge (adjacent to the Joseph Banks Laboratories) is a collaborative scheme funded by the European Regional Development Fund, Greater Lincolnshire LEP, and University of Lincoln. Analysis capabilities, to be accessed by students and researchers at the Department of Chemistry, include SEM/TEM (including BF/DF/HAADF STEM), optical microscopy, atomic force microscopy, vibrational spectroscopy, thermal analysis, and mechanical analysis.  

Complete list of Equipment & Capabilities