FACILITIES
The ElectroMolMat group comprises 1 full laboratory (100 m2) at CiQUS and office space for the PI, postdocs, and PhD students. The core facilities at CiQUS support Labs state-of-the-art technology for chemical synthesis and characterization. The laboratory is fully equipped for wet chemistry and organic synthesis (Ar and vacuum lines, Schlenk line, rotary evaporator, etc.), ovens for solvothermal synthesis, various potentiostat/galvanostat/EIS, battery testers, a MiniFlex benchtop X-ray diffractometer (Rigaku), a gas sorption analyzer, and a supercritical CO2 equipment. CiQUS facilities: NMR (2 – 300 MHz, 1 – 500 MHz), chromatographic techniques (HPLC-MS, GC, SFC, LCMS, GCMS), UV-vis, CD, fluorescence spectrophotometers, Raman, ATR-FTIR, calorimetry techniques (DSC, TGA, ITC), PXRD, particle analyzers (DLS, MADLS), high-performance flow cytometer, volumetric adsorption equipment, AFM, confocal microscopes, high-pressure lab (complete list of equipments). USC Central Services: microscopies (TEM, SEM, AFM), high-field NMR, X-ray (single-crystal and powder), mass spectrometers (electrospray ionization and MALDI), UV-vis/fluorescence spectrometers.
Organic synthesis laboratory
MiniFlex X-ray diffractometer (Rigaku)
BELSORP MINI X (Microtrac)
SPI-Dry Critical Point Dryer (SPI Supplies)
Potentiostat/Galvanostat/EIS VIONIC + accessories (Methrom)
Potentiostat/Galvanostat Autolab PGSTAT302N + VA Stand (Methrom)
VMP-3e Multichannel Potentiostat (BioLogic)
Machine with Dryer (Xiamen Tob)
Coin Cell Punching Machine TOB-CP-60 (12, 16 mm dies) (Xiamen Tob)
Battery Tester TOB-CT-4008-5V10mA-14 (Xiamen Tob)
Spectrometer FLEX Res UV/VIS/NIR. Absorbance + transmittance + fluorescence + reflectance measurements (Sarspec)
Vacuum oven + standard ovens (Memmert)
ULTRA-TURRAX Tube Drive P control (BMT-20-S 25 x 20 mL tube) (IKA)
Elmasonic P ultrasonic with multi-frequency (37 & 80 Hz) (Elma)
TGA Q5000 (TA Instruments) (CiQUS)
Spectrum Two FT-IR Spectrometer (PerkinElmer) (CiQUS)
Park NX10 AFM (Park Systems) (CiQUS)
HCP421V-MPS Vacuum Chamber Probe Station (Instec) (CiQUS)
Empyrean PANalytical diffractometer. Capillary PXRD (transmission mode) with focusing mirror (CICECO)
Liquid- (300 and 500 MHz) and solid-state (400-700 MHz) NMR (including LC-NMR) (Bruker) (CICECO)
MultiRAM FT-Raman (Bruker) (CICECO)
Tensor 27 FT-IR (Bruker) with ATR (Specac) (CICECO)