Equipment
Material generation | Manufacturer | Model | Options |
Calender | Sumet | ||
Culturing cabinets | Memmert | ICH110L | Light, moisture, temperature |
Electrospinner | Bioinicia | Spinbox | |
Extruder | Haake | MiniLab II | |
Fused deposition modeling 3D printer | German RepRap | X400 | |
Microcontact printer | Gesim | µCP3.0 | UV & thermal curing |
Muffle furnace | Linseis | M110 | |
Rotary mill | Fritsch | Pulverisette | |
Schlenk line | / | / | |
Sterile work bench | Thermo Fisher | Hera Safe KS12 | |
Ultrasound homogenizer | Hielscher | UP200St | |
Ultraturrax | IKA | T25 digital | |
Sample preparation | Manufacturer | Model | Options |
Autoclave | Certoclav | Classic | |
Centrifuge | Sigma | 6-16 KS | |
Centrifuge | Thermo | Biofuge Primo | |
Diamond wire saw | Well | 3032-4 | |
Freeze drier | Christ | Alpha 2-4 LD | |
Injection molder | Haake | MiniJet Pro | |
Microtome | Reichert Jung | / | Steel knives |
Plasma furnace | GaLa | miniFlecto | Standard gasses argon, air, oxygen |
Sputter coater | Balzers | SCD050 | Gold/Palladium |
Supercritical drier | Polaron | E3100 | Drying from ethanol or acetone |
Ultramicrotome | Reichert Jung | Ultracut E | Glass, diamond & ultrasonic knives |
Vacuum furnace | Heraeus | VT6025 | |
Structural characterization | Manufacturer | Model | Options |
Gas sorption porosimeter | Thermo Fisher | Surfer | Standard gasses nitrogen, helium |
Gel permeation chromatograph | Agilent | 1260 Infinity | |
Optical microscope | Askania | RMA5 | Polarization, phase contrast, reflection |
Optical microscope | Leitz | Dialux 20 | Dark-field, polarization, phase contrast, fluorescence, spectroscopy |
Scanning electron microscope | Zeiss | DSM940A | Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy |
Transmission electron microscope | DeLong | LVEM5 | Optimized for low-Z samples |
X-ray diffractometer | Rigaku | Miniflex 600 | Temperature (ambient to 220 °C) |
X-ray diffractometer | Rigaku | SmartLab | Temperature (-180 °C bis 500 °C) |
Chemical characterization | Manufacturer | Model | Options |
Elemental analyser | Eurovector | EA3000 | CHNS + O |
Monochromator | J&M | TIDAS LSM | Xenon lamp |
Optical spectrometer | J&M | TIDAS S700 | Broadband Deuterium+Halogen lamp |
Characterization of external properties | Manufacturer | Model | Options |
Melt flow indexer | Karg | Meltflow @on | |
Respirator cabinets | Selutec | BSBdigi | |
Thermal analyzer | Linseis | STA PT 1600 | Thermogravimetry & -calorimetry |
Universal testing machine | Karg | SmartTens010 | Tension, compression, bending, displacement transducer |
Viscosimeter | Ubbelohde |