Equipment - Supramolecular Polymer Systems

Our Department is equipped with high quality laboratory equipment for polymer synthesis, preparation of supramolecular systems and analysis of both.

There are 7 commercial and custom-built static and dynamic light scattering instruments including ALV 6000, Zetasizer Nano a Mastersizer 3000 available at our Department that besides routine measurements offer several advanced features:

Measurement in an extremely broad temperature range from –130 to 400 °C
Measurement in infrared region (980 nm) for systems absorbing light in the visible range
Measurement in electric field for determination of electrophoretic mobility and zeta potential of nanoparticles, which determines for example their colloid stability
Measurement of light scattering under ionizing radiation
Measurement of particles from units of nanometres to units of millimetres

In addition to the wide spectrum of scattering methods, a number of other analytical equipment is also available:

Particle tracking analysis instrument Nanosight for tracking of number and size distribution of particles
Confocal microscope with capability of fluorescence measurements
Electron paramagnetic resonance (Bruker) including imaging technique ESRI
Viscosimeter
Differential refractometer for measuring of increment of the refractive index (PSS)
Circular polarimeter
UV-VIS spectrophotometer with Peltier temperature controller
Liquid chromatograph GPC Ultimate 3000 (Thermo-Fisher) with radiodetector and multiangle light scattering detector
Isothermal titration calorimeter

The Department is equipped with specialized equipment for polymer synthesis and preparation of supramolecular polymer systems. This includes:

Flow box
Nano Spray Dryer B-90
Instrument for microwave synthesis
Preparative chromatograph

Fully equipped licensed radionuclide laboratory for synthesis of radiopolymers and their characterization is also available. It is equipped with following equipment:

Biomolecular 2D imager Typhoon FLA 9500
Portable contamination monitor MicroCont II
Surface radiation contamination monitor RDS-80
Well isolation chamber VDC-404
NaI(TI) well detector
Liquid scintillation counter Triathler
Shakers and other laboratory equipment