VTC-100PA is CE certified tabletop spin coating device dedicated to spin coat small substrates up to 100 mm diameter at Max. 10000 rpm. The spin head actuator is a precision DC servo motor with accurate speed and acceleration control. The substrate can be held by vacuum (for thinner objects). The device has a user-friendly keyboard and LCD display for programming various parameters up to 12 programs, 6 segments. Spin duration, spin speed, and acceleration can be programmed from the front panel. All components in the device are corrosion protected to make it cleanroom compatible.

Used to handle samples with high sensitivity to humidity and oxygen in high-purity controlled atmosphere.

•        stainless steel construction, with 3 height adjustable interior shelves
•        vacuum transfer chamber with access hatch and pressure relief valve, including mini transfer chamber
•        automatic pressure controller
•        fluorescent and UV germicidal lamps
•        humidity and oxygen sensors

Electrospinning system designed for low-cost, small-scale nanofiber research,
producing results from a single-nozzle configuration in a compact unit. Spinning
distance, flow rate and applied voltage are adjustable in side-by-side spinning.

NanoSpinner - Technical Data

Automatical Viscometer Schott CT52 (Schott-Gerate GmbH, Mainz, Germany) allows measurement the viscosities of the diluted polymer solutions using an Ubbelohde suspended-level viscometer inserted into a thermostat bath and connected to the computer. The software allows to regulate the temperature and to measure the flow times.

Characteristics: - temperature range: 10 °C - 60 °C

                          - volume of solution used: 22-24 ml

                          - 0.01% flow time measurement accuracy

                          - Ubbelohde viscometer with suspended level

                          - thermostat bath

                          - temperature control unit

                          - electric unit

                          - software

Multimeter INOLAB 740 measuring system (WTW GmbH, Weilheim, Germany)  equipped with active multifunction boxes (pH, pH/ION, Oxi, BSB/BOD, Cond, pH/Cond and Multi) allows measurement of the

- pH and the ion concentration using measuring modules: pH, pH/ION, pH/Cond and Multi; 

- dissolved oxygen and BOD using Oxi, BSB/BOD and Multi measuring modules;  

• conductivity, salinity, total dissolved solids using Cond, pH/Cond and Multi measuring modules.
• The MultiLab® pilot software serves to display and evaluate data using the PC.  

OSMOMAT 090 Membranes Osmometer (GONOTEC GmbH, Berlin, Germany) is suitable for determining the osmotic pressure of higher molecular substances/polymers in aqueous or organic solvents and makes possible to calculate the number average of the molecular weight of polymers. 

Characteristics: 

- measurement system is comprised of the cell unit (osmotic measurement cell,    

  electronic components for thermostatic regulation and pressure measurement) 

  and control unit (power supply, control and measured data display) 

- solution concentration: up to 20 g/mL, depending on the molecular weight

- temperature of measurement cell: up to 125 °C

- molecular weight range between 10 000 - 2 000 000 g/mol

Electrospinning System – Starter Kit V2 (Linari Engineering, Pise, Italia) allows the micro- and nanofabrication of a wide variety of fibrous materials with incredible possibilities of applications. Starting from a polymer dissolved in a solvent can be created continuous fibers with diameters ranging from a few tens of nanometers up to several micrometers by variation of the applied electric field, distance between the needle and collector, flow rate, needle diameter and/or solution concentration, used solvents.

Characteristics: - high voltage generator 60 kV – 120 W – LCD control display

                        - syringe pump with local control of the flow ratio 

                        - glass syringe with metallic needles 

                        - collector - vertical support

Digital ultrasonic device UP400St (Hielscher Ultrasonics GmbH, Teltow, Germany) allows the compact homogenization with ultrasound, by continuous or discontinuous process, of polymeric solutions. The UP400ST is also ideal for efficient and accurate sonication of larger samples, in applications as emulsification, dispersion, deglomeration and wet milling (particle size reduction), cell disruption and disintegration, extraction, degassing, and sonochemical processes. 

Characteristics: - operating power: 400W

- working frequency: 24 kHz

- volume samples: 5 - 250 mL

- sonotrodes with diameters from 3 - 40 mm

- automatic frequency tuning, with amplitude adjustable from 20 to 100 % and pulse 

adjustable from 0 to 100 %

Automatic film applicator standard-heated perforate vacuum bed AB4400, AB4405 (TQC Sheen, Capelle aan den IJssel, Netherlands) provides a reliable basis to apply coating films to test charts, panels or foils in a uniform and reproducible way in order to eliminate variations caused by human factors. The Samples created with the Automatic film applicator are reproducible. It’s possible to produce a large number of identical laboratory precision draw downs in a short period of time.

Characteristics: - speed range of 0-500 mm/s

- stroke length: 50-430 mm

- max. test chart size: 515 x 300 mm

- max. thickness of test substrate: 35 mm

- automatic vacuum areas: A3 

- silent built-in vacuum pump

- heating device (up to +100°c above ambient temperature) which ensures a uniform 

temperature distribution over the entire vacuum plate

- 14.1 Tesla (600 MHz) superconducting magnet; 

- Liquid nitrogen cooled cryoprobe with enhanced sensitivity;

- Inverse detection probe optimized for metabolomics and bidimensional spectra;

- Direct detection probe optimized for carbon and X-nuclei spectra;

- Automatic sample changer;

- MS coupling enabling association of the exact molecular weight of organic compounds with the NMR spectrum;

- Vibration dumpers.

- 9.4 Tesla (400 MHz) superconducting magnet; 

- Direct detection 4 mm probe optimized for soft solids; 

- Inverse detection probe optimized for bidimensional spectra; 

- Direct detection probe optimized carbon and X-nuclei spectra; 

- Automatic sample changer;

- Vibration dumpers.

- 9.4 Tesla (400 MHz) superconducting magnet; 

- Direct detection probe optimized for carbon, fluorine and silicon nuclei, used in open access; 

- Direct detection 10 mm probe for low soluble compounds; 

- Automatic sample changer;

- Vibration dumpers.