Available equipment

The listed equipment belongs to the above analysis laboratories as well as various research groups of our Centre:

• NMR Spectrometer Bruker AVANCE Neo 400
• NMR Spectrometer Bruker AVANCE III WB 400
• NMR Spectrometer Bruker AVANCE III 500
• NMR Spectrometer Bruker Avance III 600
• Axima Performance MALDI-TOF/TOF Mass Spectrometer, Shimadzu
• GCMS-QP2010 system, Shimadzu
• SYNAPT G2-Si HDMS, high resolution mass spectrometer coupled with ultra-performance liquid chromatography system ACQUITY UPLC I-Class – Waters
• SQD2 – single quadrupole mass spectrometer equipped with ESI and APCI ion sources, Waters
• Malvern Panalytical Empyrean, multipurpose powder diffractometer equipped with Cu source
• Benchtop Malvern Panalytical Aeris X-ray diffractometer equipped witch Cu source.
• Rigaku Oxford Diffraction XtaLAB Synergy-S, the single crystal diffractometer equipped with two microfocus PhotonJet-S X-Ray sources (Cu, Mo),
• ASAP 2020 PLUS, fully automated system for the determination of single and multi-point specific surface area and for the determination of pore size and distribution (including microporous), Micromeritics®
• Vision G2 dissolution test kit consists of the Vision G2 Classic 6 bath and the sampling (Vision AutoPlus) and sample collection (Vision AutoFill) devices, Hanson Reaserch
• Planetary ball mill (Retsch PM 200)
• Mixer mill (Retsch MM 200)
• HPLC 1260 Infinity II, Agilent

• Spectrophotometer UV-2700, Shimadzu
• Solvent purification system, SPS-800, MBraun
• Glovebox workstation (3-glove size), Unilab
• Ultrasonic processor with automatic tuning, SONICS
• Spin Coater, WS-650-23NPP
• Spectrofluorometer Fluoromax-4, HORIBA
• Pure chromatography system – Pure 850 FlashPrep, Buchi
• Flow microreactor Asia 120 System, Syrris
• Reveleris X2 Flash Chromatography System with high performance liquid chromatography, Buchi
• Hydrogen generator
• X-band Bench-top CW EPR Spectrometer, Bruker
• UV-Vis-NIR Spectrometer, Jasco V-770
• The modular, low current, low noise and fast potentiostat/galvanostat PGSTAT128N, Autolab
• Pure Chromatography System, Buchi C-850 Flash-Prep
• Liquid Crystals Analysis System, LCAS-3
• High Pressure Reactor Miniclave steel, Buchi

• Apparatus for amplification of nucleic acids (Eppendorf Mastercycler gradient)
• Quantitative real-time PCR cycler (The LightCycler® 96, Roche)
• Apparatus for microfluidic electrophoresis
• Microscal Thermophoresis instrument (Monolith NT.115)
• Apparatus for sublimation
• Autoclave (Varioklav 400E H+P Thermo Scientific)
• HPLC liquid chromatograph (Shimadzu Prominence with UV/Vis and fluorescence detector)
• FPLC chromatograph (GE Healthcare 900)
• Flow cytometer (BD FACSCalibur)
• Fluorescent and luminescent plate reader (FLUOStar Omega, BMG LABTECH, BIOGENET)
• Ultrasonic homogenizer (Bandelin HD2070)
• CO2 incubator (Binder, CB-160)
• CO2 incubator (Binder, CB-150)
• Airstream® Class II, Biosafety Cabinet from Esco Technologies
• Coulometer (Metrohm 756KF)
• Cell counter 2.0
• Lyophilizer (Lyovac GT2D)
• Fluorescence Microscope (Nikon Eclipse Ti-U)
• Microscope (Nicon, Eclipse TS 100 / E200 / TS2)
• Polarizing microscope
• Stereoscopic microscope
• Osmometer
• UV / VIS spectrophotometer (JASCO, V770 + NIR)
• Spectrofluorometer (Cary, Eclipse)
• Gel Drying System
• DNA / RNA synthesizer (GENE WORLD, H-6)
• Flash gel chromatography system (Buchi, REVELERIS x2)
• Gel Documentation System with software (Uvitec, Alliance Q9)
• Electroporation system (Gene Pulser Xcell, Bio-Rad)
• System for the measurement of hydrogen sulfide (JENCO 6230N)
• Water purification system (Millipore, ELIX ESSENTIAL)
• Polaroid system photography kit
• Thermal Cyclers Nexus Gradient (Eppendorf)
• Thermomixer comfort with cooling (300-15, Eppendotf)
• Thermostat (HL-BASIC)
• Thermo–Shaker with cooling ( TS100c SC-20C, Kisker Biotech)
• Thermomixer comfort 5355 (Eppendorf)
• UV Transilluminator (UVP Inc. San Gabriel)
• UV Transilluminator (TS-20)
• Ultracentrifuge (XPN-80, Beckman Coulter)
• Varioklav 75T Steam Sterilizer (Thermo Scientific, H+P Labortechnik GmbH)
• Refrigerated Centrifuge 542R with Rotor FA (Eppendorf centrifuge 5415R)
• Shaker KS 130 Basic
• Round Shaker (Vortex Mixer)
• Incubator Shaker G-24
• Incubator Shaker G-25
• Protein electrophoresis unit, Mini-PROTEAN Tetra system (Bio-Rad)
• Consort Horizontal Electrophoresis Units
• Kit for blood immune isolation (MACS Isolation Kits, Militenyi Biotec)

• Nanosight NS300 Instrument, Malvern – Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis
• Zetasizer Nano-ZS, Malvern
• Isothermal titration calorimeter PEAQ-ITC, Malvern
• Contact angle measurement machine Phoenix, SEO
• Tensiometer TSD/1, Gibertini
• Langmuir–Blodgett trough, KSV NIMA
• Centrifuge MPW-380R, MPW
• Spray dryer B-290, Buchi
• UV-Vis Spectrometer HP-8453
• CHNS Elemental Analyser – EuroVector model 3018
• CHNS Elemental Analyser – ElementarVario MICRO
• CHNS-O Elemental Analyser – Carlo Erba Instruments
• MembraneOsmometer – Gonotek
• GPC/SEC Systems, Agilent (CH2Cl2) and Shimadzu (DMF)
• Instruments for molecular mass determination equipped with different detectors: RI Optilab (Wyatt)x2, MALLS DAWN-8 (Wyatt), MALLS DAWN-HELEOS-II (Wyatt), RI 2300 Smartline (Knauer), UV 2238 (LKB), RALLS+Viscometer (Viscotek)
• Digital Viscometer DV II+, Brookfield
• Autoradiograph imaging system – Molecular Dynamics
• Differential Scanning Calorimeters (one modulated) DSC 2920 and Discovery DSC 2500, TA Instruments
• Thermogravimetric Analyzer TGA 2950 ,TA Instruments
• Thermogravimetric Analyzer, Discovery TGA 5500, TA Instruments
• Reactors for plasma CVD deposition: micro-waves, radiofrequency, audiofrequency
• FT-IR Spectrometer Nicolet 380, Thermo Scientific
• FT-IR Spectrometer Nicolet 6700, Thermo Scientific
• FT-IR Spectrometer Jasco 6200
• Flaming/Brown Micropipette Puller Model P-97, Sutter Instruments Co.
• Goniometer Model 100-00-230, Rame Hart, Inc.
• Nano DSC, TA Instruments
• Mechanical testing machines:

1. Instron 5000kG with environmental chamber
2. Instron 10000kG with environmental chamber
3. Linkam Minitester 200N, computerized, with environmental chamber, digital camera and light microscope

• Computer controlled X-ray diffractometer equipped with pole figure attachment (DRON and Philips)
• Atomic Force Microscope (AFM): Nanoscope IIIa MultiMode 5 (molecular resolution) with hotstage to 250 °C
• Atomic Force Microscope (AFM): Nanosurf Flex Axiom with cooling stage -30°C to 150 °C and environmental chamber
• SP-150 Potentiostat/Galvanostat with low current mode
• Flash DSC – Fast-Scanning Calorimetry – (-30°C to 1000 °C), Mettler Toledo
• DSC 3, Mettler Toledo
• Two microscopy hot stages (Linkam THMS600) computerized with image analysis
• Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) Tesla BS 500with YAG camera
• Scanning electron Microscope Jeol 5500 low vacuum
• Scanning electron microscope Jeol 6010 with EDS detector
• Ultra-microtome Tesla
• Cryo-ultramicrotome RMC with diamond knifes
• Measuring single-screw extruder computerized, Brabender, N=19
• Twin screw co-rotating extruder, segmented, D=25 mm, L/D=33, 4 venting zones
• Twin screw co-rotating extruder. D=19 mm, L/D=40, Zamak-Mercator
• Mini twin screw corotating conical extruder 5 cm³, Zamak-Mercator
• Internal Mixer measuring, computerized, Brabender
• Injection molding machine, 3000 atm, 45 ton, 70 g, Battenfeld
• 2 Micro injection molding machine
• Laboratory plant for film blowing
• Laboratory line for film extrusion and orientation
• Granulation line for polymers
• Small angle light scattering system (SALS), with 1×1 inch CCD frame grabber, laser He-Ne
• PVT equipment and equipment allowing crystallization at high pressure (up to 10000 atm and 15000 atm)
• Capillary Rheometer, Instron
• Instrumented impact hammer Ceast 5J, IZOD and tensile
• Imaging Plates for X-ray, SAXS, WAXS, gel chromatography
• System for photoelectric measurements at helium temperature
• System for cavitation-free deformation, plane strain compression in continuous mode, about 25 ton load
• Systems for the measurements of electrical properties of semiconductors and dielectrics
• Liquid Helium Cryostate with Quarz windows for photo and electric measurements
• Rheometer ARES LS2, TA Instruments with Elongational Melt Strength Fixture
• Shearing hot stage computerized with image analysis
• System for thermo-optical analysis of polymers
• Station probe for measurements of field effect transistors
• Small Angle X-ray scattering with GeniX Xenocs X-ray microbeam system and two Pilatus 100K detectors (Dectris)
• Thermovision camera, FLIR
• DSC Q20, TA Instr.
• DMTA Q800, TA Inst
• CO₂ supercritical extractor, SFT-110, Supercritical Fluid Techn.
• Gas Permeativity Tester, LYSSY L-100
• Electro Spinning System,
• Ultrasound Homogenizer, High Amplitude, 400 W, Sonoplus, Bandelin
• Melt flow plastometer, Dynisco
• Oxidation induction time, DSC TA Instr.
• Set of gradient columns for density determination, 0.8-1.4 g/cm³
• Ion Sputtering, Au, other metals, carbon
• Reometr MARS 40, HAAKE