Lab Facilities

The following equipment is available with us:

• SurPASS 3 Solid Surface Zeta potential for films

• Thermo Nicolet 380 Diamond-ATR Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer (FTIR)

• XL-30 ESEM equipped with EDAX detector and SEMVIEW 8000 (joining us in June 2024)

• Dual-view Optima 8000 Inductively Coupled Plasma- Optical Emission Spectroscopy 

• Thermo Scientific iN10 FTIR microscope with room temperature and MCTA detectors

• VWR UV-1600PC UV-Vis spectrophotometer

• VWR pHenomenal pH/mV/°C Meter, Bench, pH 1100L pH meter

• VWR pHenomenal TDS/Conductivity meter

• VWR Mega Star 600 Benchtop Centrifuge

• Agilent 1260 Infinity II Gel Permeation Chromatography with DMF and THF columns (in action starting late 2024)

• Twin-screw extruder with co-rotating screws (in action starting early 2025)

• 1800 W 2-in-1 Ultrasonic Probe homogenizer and cell disruptor (Mixer-Integrated Type) with 0.1 mL to 2.2 L operating volume.

• 40KHz (120 W) Bath sonicator with 3L capacity

• Electrospinning

• Differential Scanning Calorimeter (TA Q 2000)

• Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer

• Advanced Rheometric Expansion System (Rheometer) TA

• In-house cross-flow filtration Testing Skid with CF047 Cicular Cell Assembly

• In-house photocatalysis setup

• Direct Q-3 MilliQ filtration

• 2 Fumehoods and 4 stirrers for polymer synthesis