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Analytical Labs

1. Materials Characterization E41 Analytical Instrumentation Room
Staff-In-Charge: Dr Willy Tan and Dr Kam Boon Horng

Capabilities: This lab is equipped with state of the art materials characterization and failure analysis facilities.

Major Equipment: X Ray Diffraction Spectroscopy, Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy, Micro CT, Digital Viscometer, Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer, Polarizing Microscope

Current Projects Carried Out:
  • In Vitro Study: To Investigate the Histological and Mechanical Properties of a New Augmentation of Cancellous Bone-biological Bone Cement (PI: Dr Kam Boon Horng)
  • Application of Self healing materials (PI: Dr Willy Tan)
2. Mass Spectroscopy W51A, W51B, W51H and W51G Shared Prep Rooms
Staff-In-Charge: Mr Jeremy Kong

Capabilities: This lab is equipped with advanced Mass spectroscopy equipments for the structural elucidation/analysis of unknown organic, inorganic, and biochemical materials.

Major Equipment: High Performance Liquid Chromatography System, MALDI Quadrupole Ion Trap Time Of Flight Mass Spectrometer, Liquid chromatograph-Mass Spectrophotometer, Gas chromatograph-Mass Spectrophotometer, GCT Premier TOF

Current Projects Carried Out:
  • Development and Application of An Integrated Bioactive Anti-cancer Compound Screening and Analysis Platform (PI: Dr Xing Jie)
  • Determination, separation and purification of proanthocyanidins in crude plant extracts (PI: Dr Xing Jie)
3. Analytical Chemistry W51C (W51N3)

Staff-In-Charge: Ms Wu Jing Yi

Capabilities: This lab is equipped with facilities to perform thermal and chemical analysis of materials and other synthetic or natural compounds.

Major Equipment: Fourier Transform Infra Red Spectrophotometer (Shimadzu), Differential Scanning Calorimeter, Thermogravimetric Analyzer, Fourier Transform Infra Red Spectrophotometer (Perkin Elmer), Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy

Current Projects Carried Out:

  • Polyurethane formulation as concrete materials (PI: Dr Willy Tan)