Welcome to NU-Pico - Nanomechanical Characterisation Facility

NU-Pico – is a high-speed, high-resolution nanomechanical characterisation facility at Northumbria University, funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to provide a regional facility for high-speed simultaneous characterisation of the nanomechanical, morphological and chemical properties of thin film coatings, surfaces and nanomaterials. NU-Pico is the first scanning electron microscope (SEM) nanoindenter north of Manchester and will support unprecedented recent growth in coatings and surfaces research at Northumbria University and provide a game-changing nanomechanical facility for the northeast region and beyond.