Materials science.
The Centre for Advanced Materials and Related Technology (CAMTEC) at the University of Victoria encourages interdisciplinary materials research. The Centre's key research areas include: crystal growth of semiconductors, dielectric materials characterization, magnetic and superconductive materials, electron and optical microscopy, fabrication of nanoprobes, optical advanced materials, advanced composites, alloys, ceramics, integrated circuit technology, infrared detectors, microsensors, microfluidic technologies, opto-electronic and micro-electronic devices, piezoelectric actuators, and chemical sensors. The Centre stimulates the development of new equipment and facilities on campus and also attracts graduate students and visiting scientists interested in advanced materials. As an interdisciplinary centre, CAMTEC manages an impressive array of shared equipment and facilities for both internal (UVic faculties and collaborators) and external (companies and government agencies) users. CAMTEC disseminates the knowledge and experience it gains from the research into advanced materials throughout UVic, to the private and public sectors, and to other Canadian universities and institutions.
- Fabrication, including lithography;
- Focused ion milling;
- Material deposition and microfluidic, materials characterization, including scanning/transmission/cryo-transmission electron microscopy, dark-field hyperspectral microscopy;
- Raman spectroscopy and scanning fluorescence microscopy, optical and photonics, including scanning near-field optical microscopy;
- Biological and chemical sensing and single photon counting system, and biomolecular sample preparation, including flow cytometry;
- Quantitative polymerase chain reaction;
- Protein liquid chromatography;
- DNA sequencing;
- Bacterial protein expression and tissue culture.
- Aerospace and satellites
- Agriculture, animal science and food
- Automotive
- Chemical industries
- Clean technology
- Construction (including building, civil engineering, specialty trades)
- Consumer non-durables
- Education
- Energy (renewable and fossil)
- Environmental technologies and related services
- Healthcare and social services
- Life sciences, pharmaceuticals and medical equipment
- Mining, minerals and metals
- Professional and technical services (including legal services, architecture, engineering)
Specialized labs and equipment
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Specialized lab |
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Advanced Microscopy Facility |
Hitachi HF-3300V STEHM |
Scanning Transmission Electron Holography Microscope (STEHM) |
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Hitachi Field Emission S-4800 SEM |
Scanning Electron Microscope |
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Hitachi FB-2100 FIB |
Focused Ion Beam |
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Hitachi Zone SEM UV cleaner |
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Hitachi Zone TEM UV cleaner |
Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) |
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Fischione 1010 Ion Mill |
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Fischione 1020 Plasma Cleaner |
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Cressington 208C Carbon Coater |
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Form 1 3D printer |
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Poster printer |
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Bruker D8 Discover X-Ray Detector System |
X-ray system |
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Hummer VI Gold Sputter Coater |
Gold coater |
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Biomedical Core (BioCore) |
AKTA Start Fast Protein Liquid Chromatography (FPLC) system |
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BioClave Benchtop Autoclave |
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QIAGEN QIAQuant qPCR thermal cycler |
Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR) Thermocycler |
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QIAGEN QIAcuity ddPCR System |
Droplet Digital Polymerase Chain Reaction (ddPCR) Thermocycler |
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Axygen GelDoc Gel Imaging System |
High resolution gel imaging |
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Bacterial Shaking Incubators (3) |
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Class IIA Biosafety Cabinets (2) |
Handling of BSL-2 samples and tissue culture |
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CO2 Incubator |
Dedicated for cell culture |
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Beckman-Coulter CytoFLEX Flow Cytometer |
Flow cytometry |
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Accuris MW9600 Microplate Washer |
Automated microplate washer |
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Biacore X100 Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) system |
Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) assays for investigate binding kinetics and affinity. |
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Cytation 5 Cell Imaging Multi-Mode Reader |
Imager/Reader. Fluorescence plate reader, fitted with a liquids handler, gas exchanger, and incubator. |
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SpectraMax M5 Multi-Mode Microplate Reader |
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Peptide Synthesizer |
Peptide synthesis |
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Sartorius BLItz® system |
Bio-Layer Interferometry (BLI) for investigating kinetics and affinity of macromolecular interactions |
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Facility for Imaging, Photonics and Spectroscopy (FIPS) |
Agilent 5500 Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) |
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Zeiss LSM 880 Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope |
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CytoViva Darkfield Hyperspectral Microscope |
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Renishaw inVia micro-Raman system |
Raman microscope |
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Nanonics Imaging Ltd. MultiView 2000 Scanning Probe Microscope |
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Empyrean Multipurpose X-ray Diffractometer |
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Superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (SNSPD) System |
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Nanonics MultiView 4000 Scanning Probe Microscope |
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Optical System with MIRA900 Laser |
Tunable laser system |
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Perkin Elmer LAMBDA 1050 UV-VIS-NIR Spectrophotometer |
UV, visible, near infrared (UV-VIS-NIR) spectrometry |
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AlphRaith 50 Electron Beam Lithography system (EBL) |
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UVic Nanofabrication Facility (Nanofab) |
OAI UV optical lithography system |
UV light lithography |
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Angstrom Engineering Glove-Box Electron Beam Evaporator |
For material deposition |
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Mantis® QUBE sputter deposition system |
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SE Variable Angle Spectral Ellipsometer (VASE) |
Spectroscopic Ellipsometry (SE), Film characterization |
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DEKTAK Profilometer |
For surface roughness characterization |
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PSDP-UVT Benchtop UV Cleaner with Heated Sample Stage |
Ultraviolet transmittance or transmission (UVT), UV ozone cleaner |
Private and public sector research partners
- Axys Analytical Services Ltd.
- BC Cancer Agency
- Biomark Technologies
- CEOS Corrected Electron Optical Systems GmbH
- Genome BC
- Hitachi High-Technologies Canada Inc.
- Inception Sciences Inc.
- Mount Sinai Hospital
- Papierfabrik Louisenthal GmbH
- Photon Control Inc.
- SeaStar Chemicals Inc.
- StressMarq Biosciences Inc.
- The Centre for Drug Research and Development
Additional information
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Advanced Microscopy Facility (AMF) |
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CAMTEC Biomedical Core (BioCore) |
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Facility for Imaging, Photonics and Spectroscopy (FIPS) |
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UVic Nanofabrication Facility (Nanofab) |