JPK Instruments has announced the installation of multiple instrument solutions at the Swansea University Centre for Nanohealth.
Using JPK's Nanowizard AFM platform, systems will initially be used in three applications areas.
Dr Chris Wright will lead a team to study cell mechanics as part of his program on bionanotechnology, which focuses on nanoscale mechanisms of disease and its control.
Dr Peter Dunstan will be developing chemical fingerprinting techniques using TERS - tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, which will couple the AFM to a Raman spectrometer.
Prof Steve Wilks is to use electrical mode innovations to develop the next generation of diagnostic sensors, which are hoped to show unprecedented sensitivity through the use of nanowire technology.
Prof Wilks, deputy head of the Swansea University's School of Engineering and director of the Centre for Nanohealth, said: 'The JPK instruments will provide the CNH with a world-leading platform to understand the behaviour of cells and proteins at the nanoscale and identify key detection mechanisms for clinical screening.'
