Equipment
Synthesis and Preparation Techniques
protective atmosphere- / vacuum technique glove box
freeze drying
microwave reactor
autoclaves (modular construction 28 - 880 ml)
ultrasound (tip and bath)
corona discarger
vertical lifting deposition (colloid crystallization)
UV crosslinking
hot press
titration (Karl-Fischer & acid-base)
Thermal Analysis
differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) - low temperature + UV irradiation
thermogravimetry (TG) with IR coupling
Chromatography
size exclusion chromatography (SEC) with UV-, RI- and lightscattering detection
high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) - isocratic and gradient with UV detection
gas chromatography (GC)
IR-Spectroscopy
FT-MIR/NIR-spectroscopy + ATR
ReaktIR for MID-IR real time monitoring of chemical reactions
Microscopy
polarized light microscopes with digital camera
fluorescence microscope (transmission and reflection) with digital camera
darkfield microscopey (transmission and reflection) with digital camera
Processing
twin-screw extruder, co- and counterrotating, reactive extrusion
single-screw extruder
plunger-type injection molding device
Rheology and Mechanical Analyses
rheometer, Bohlin C-VOR
dynamic-mechanical-thermal analysis (DMTA)
stess-strain extension analysis
Ubbelohde viscosimeter
Service
custom polymer and colloidal particle syntheses
development of hydrogel coatings