Advanced Polymer Materials Group

LABORATORIES

•› Laboratory for polymer-based nanocomposites synthesis

Hydraulic press
Fontijne LabPro 400 Vacuum Press

Plate size: 320 x 320 mm
Daylight: 200 mm
Max. temperature: 300°C
Max. press force: 400 kN
Vacuum chamber

•› Laboratory for Advanced Chromatographic and Spectroscopic analysis

	Gel permeation chromatography Knauer

FT-IR equipped with microscope Shimadzu FTIR 8900

	Dispersive RAMAN DXR Raman Microscope (Thermo Scientific)

X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy K-ALPHA (Thermo Scientific)


	Confocal RAMAN Renishaw – InVia Raman Microscope - equipped with a Leica DM2500M microscope and a RL 633 Renishaw Class 3B HeNe laser.

Spectrofotometer UV-VIS-NIR Shimadzu UV-3600

•› Laboratory for thermal and combined characterization

	Thermogravimetric analysis combined with mass spectrometer (TGA-MS) Q500 (TA Instruments)

Dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) TRITEC 2000 DMA (Triton Technology Ltd)

	Dielectrical thermal analysis (DETA) TRITON DS6000 DETA(Triton Technology Ltd)

Differential calorimetry (DSC) Linseis DSC PT10

	Combined DSC-FTIR-FT Raman in an integrated line

•› Laboratory for mechanical characterization (tensile, compression, bending, impact)

Universal testing machine for tensile, compression ang bending
Instron 3382

Drop weight impact testing system
Instron Dynatup 9250G


	Low energy impact system Tinius Olsen IT504

Impact specimen notcher for plastics and composites Notch Depth Verification Device Tinius Olsen

•› Laboratory for Fluid and Soft Nanomaterials

	Zeta potential and electrophoretic mobility of colloids and nanoparticles Zetasizer Nano ZSP (Malvern Instruments Ltd., UK)

Dynamic Light Scatter (DLS) MASTERSIZER 3000 (Malvern Instruments Ltd., UK)

	Electrospinning with controlled environment chamber IME Technologies

3D-Bioscaffolder/ 3D-Bioplotter RegenHU

	Complex multifunctional system for prelevation, filtration and UHPLC analysis SOTAX-SHIMADZU

Plasma Polymers Cleaning and Activation System FEMTO

	Laboratory compound with extrusion and determination of rheological properties system Process 11 (Thermo Scientific)

•› Laboratory for Polymeric Micro and Nanomateirals

	Liquid chromatograph (RHPLC) coupled with circular dicroism spectrometer JASCO

Biodinamic Testing equipment Electroforce 5210 ByoDynamic Axial (TA Instruments, USA)

	Spin Coater SPIN150i (POLOS)

Microbalance with quartz crystal and elipsometer module Q-sense Explorer (Biolin Scientific)

	Contact angle DSA100E (KRUSS GMBH)

Analyzer foaming properties DFA 100 (KRUSS GMBH)

	Terahertz Spectrometer TERAPULSE 4000 (TeraView Ltd. (UK))

•› Laboratory for Morphorogical Characterization Analysis

	In vitro MicroCT scanner SkyScan 1272 (Bruker)

NanoCT scanner SkyScan 2211 v2 (Bruker)

	Gas Adsorption Analyzer (BET) Autosorb iQ (Quantachrome Instruments)

Atomic Force Microscopy 5500 (Agilent)

•› Laboratory for Cell Culture

	Tecan M Infinit Nanoquant

Incubator (Binder)

	Inverted Microscop Axio Vert.A1 (Zeiss)

•› Joint use with other groups in the university (NMR, SEM, TEM and XRD)