Benchtop Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and Coating Unit

Compact Benchtop SEM - JEOL Neoscope JCM-5000 allowing sample loading and imaging in less than three minutes, together with the SC 7620 Mini Sputter coater with a range of 1-20 nm coating thickness.

Micrometrics ASAP 2020 Physisorption BET

Micrometrics ASAP 2020 Physisorption BET instrument to measure surface area and pore size. The instrument is equiped with an one-port analysis manifold/vacuum system and two-port degas manifold/vacuum system to operate independently and concurrently. Available options include the micropore option, the high-vac option, and the chemisorption option.

Optical Microscope - Transmitted/ Reflected Light

Nikon Eclipse LV100 polarizing microscope (x10 - x100) equipped with a transmitted and a reflective light source.

Optical Microscope - Stereomicroscope

Nikon SMZ1500 microscope.

Mini E-Beam Evaporator

Mantis Deposition Systems Mini e-Beam evaporator offering thin film deposition by both e-beam and resistive evaporation, sample rotation and the option of substrate heating during evaporation.

Freeze-Dryer

LABCONCO FreeZone 1 liter Benchtop Freeze Dry Systems with 12 port chamber.

Raman Microscope

Renishaw inVia Raman Microscope containing a Leica DM2500 microscope for a selective analysis and distinction of the different available polymorphs.

Atomic Absorption Spectrometer

Perkin Elmer Atomic Absorption Spectrometer operating with air/ acetyelene flame, equipped with a four-lamp mount for a quick element analysis of the obtained samples.

Infrared Spectrometer

Perkin Elmer Spectrum100 FTIR with diamond ATR.

UV/Vis Spectrometer

Perkin Elmer Lambda 35 UV-VIS double-beam spectrometer.

Modulated Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC) and Simultaneous DSC/ TGA

Modulated DSC (differential scanning calorimetry) Q200, TA instruments with a temperature range of -180 and 725 °C and precision of ± 0.05 °C. SDT Q600 Simultaneous TGA/DSC, TA instruments, ambient to 1500 °C with a heating rate of 0.1 to 25 °C/min and a sample capacity of 200 mg.

Potentiostat and Power Supply

AUTOLAB PGSTAT101 potentiostat/galvanostat (compliance voltage 10 V) and EA-ElECTRO-AUTOMATIK Laboratory Power Supply (0 – 65V /0 – 5A) used for the fabrication and characterisation of alumina membranes.

Particle Charge Detector

Mutek PCD03 Particle charge detector equipped with an autotitrator Mutek PCDT3 to characterize the charge properties of used additives and determine isoelectric points.

FEI Nova NanoSEM™

The Nova NanoSEM™ scanning electron microscope is useful for imaging different kinds of samples. The resolution that can be achieved is 1.4 nm. This instrument is capable of working in different modes (immersion mode, beam deceleration mode and EDS mode). It is also a powerful tool for imaging nonconducting samples due to well-equipped detectors.

Leica M165FC Microscope and Eppendorf Injectman and Micromanipulator

The Leica M165FC is a stereo microscrope with 16.5:1 zoom optics which enable it to resolve structures down to 1.1 micron for imaging. It has a fluorescent beam allows one to observe samples with fluorescence.

The Injectman, in combination with the Femtojet, allows for fast semi-automatic injection of fluids. It's micromanipulator allows for dynamic movement and control of injection rate

Zeiss Axioimager Z1

The Zeiss AxioImager Z1 is upright, fully motorized, PC controlled high-performance research microscope capable of Brightfield, DIC (Diffferential Interference Contrast) and Fluorescent imaging. The system has motorized Z drive and can be used to acquire 3D images. The microscope has an Axiocam HRm and colour AxioCam MRc cameras. Zeiss AxioVision software controls the microscope and allows multi-dimensional data acquisition (multiple fluorescence channels, Z-stacks, time lapse). A high speed camera is also mounted to this microscope to take movies of moving object.

Metrohm 907 Titrando

Automatic titrator designed for dynamic, monotonic and endpoint titration, as well as enzymatic and pH-STAT titrations. Includes dosing functions with monitoring

Zeiss Stereo Discovery V8 and Cetoni Nemesys Syringe pumps

Modular stereo microscope with manual 8x zoom, combined with Nemesys syringe pumps for pulsation free fluid transport down to nanolitres per minute

Zeiss Stemi 508

Apochromatic stereo microscope with 8:1 zoom, used to aid the manufacture and alignment of microfluidic chips.

Biometra Tpersonal ThermoCycler

Powerful yet small thermocycler, used primarily for PCR samples.