Resources
We make use of the following machinery within ITQB (lab + common facilities)
- Drop shape analysis Tensiometer and Contact Angle Measuring system Kruss DSA 1/10
- Dynamic Light Scattering -Particle Sizer, Molecular Weight, and Zeta Potential- Malvern Nano ZS
- Steady State Fluorescence spectrophotometers (allows Fluorescence Anisotropy determination) SLM 8100
- NMR spectrometers (Brücker 300, 400, 500 MHz)
- UV-vis Spectrophotometer Cary 3E
- Differential Scanning Calorimeter
- Refrigerating incubator FTC 90i (for humidity control tests)
- HPLC Merck L-6200A with UV-vis diode array and fluorescence detectors
- Potentiometer Orion 720A
- Automatic burets Metrohm 665 Dosimat
- Cross-polarized lenses (for birefringence checking)
- Mass Spectrometer
- Voltammetric Analyzer BAS CV-50W
- Analytical balances Mettler Toledo AG 245 (precision: 0.01 mg);
Other relevant machinery used within collaborations out of ITQB
- Isothermal Titration Microcalorimeter (Dptm Química, Fac. Ciências, Universidade do Porto)
- Scanning Electronic Microscopy (Dptm Eng. Química, FCT, Universidade Coimbra)
- Physica UDS 200 controlled stress rheometer (Phys.-Chem. Dptm., Lund University)
- Transmission electron microscopy with cryo facilities (Phys.-Chem. Dptm., Lund University)
