Infrastructure & Equipment
| Equipment | Description |
| High-Throughput Catalyst Design and Screening | |
| Freeslate XCM2 | HTE platform for parallel organic / organometallic synthesis (up to 96 reaction cells)
✓ Fully contained in a triple MBraun LabMaster glovebox ✓ Off-line integrated ICP-OES (Agilent 700 series,180 wells) |
| Freeslate PPR48 (1-LSP) | HTE platform for parallel high-pressure/high-temperature polymerizations (48 reaction cells)
✓ Fully integrated in a triple MBraun LabMaster glovebox ✓ Mainly dedicated to fundamental research |
| Freeslate PPR48 (2-HTExplore) | HTE platform for parallel high-pressure/high-temperature polymerizations (48 reaction cells)
✓ Fully integrated in a triple MBraun LabMaster glovebox ✓ Mainly dedicated to HTE services |
| Freeslate PPR48 (3-HTExplore) | HTE platform for parallel high-pressure/high-temperature polymerizations (48 reaction cells)
✓ Fully integrated in a triple MBraun LabMaster glovebox ✓ Partly dedicated to functional monomer (co)polymerizations |
| HPC Resources (HTExplore & LSP) | State-of-the-art clusters (256 + 192 CPU’s) for DFT and QSAR modelling
✓ (Available for service) |
| High-Throughput Characterization | |
| Freeslate Rapid-GPC (HTExplore) | HTE setup for high-temperature GPC analyses
✓ Robotic sample changer (48 wells) ✓ 12 min analysis time for PE/PP materials ✓ (Available for service) |
| Polymer Char A-CEF (1-LSP; for R&D in collaboration with SABIC) | Analytical Crystallization Elution Fractionation setup
✓ Robotic sample changer (42 wells) ✓ 30-60 min analysis time for PP/PE based materials |
| Polymer Char A-CEF (2- HTExplore) | Analytical Crystallization Elution Fractionation setup
✓ Robotic sample changer (42 wells) ✓ 30-60 min analysis time for PP/PE based materials ✓ Subambient capability (down to -20°C) for low crystallinity samples ✓ (Available for service) |
| Bruker Avance III 400 | NMR spectrometer (400 MHz for 1H) with 5 mm OD high-temperature cryoprobe
✓ Pre-heated robotic sample-changer (24 wells) ✓ 15-60 min analysis time for routine 13C NMR spectra of PP/PE materials ✓ Longer accumulations possible for a variety of advanced determinations ✓ (Available for service) |
| Agilent 710 ICP-OES | ICP-OE Spectroscopy for metal content determination |
| Agilent 7890 GC | State-of-the-art gas chromatograph equipped with autosampler |
| Conventional Approach | |
| Retsch PM100 Planetary Mill | Heterogeneous Model Catalyst Preparation |
| Retsch Cryomill | Tailored for cryogenic grinding of polymeric materials |
| Brignole AU-Models (AU-2, AU-1, AU-300, AU-150) | Bench Polymerization Reactors |
| Quenched-flow Apparatus | Custom Made instrument for kinetic studies of fast reactions |
| Bruker Avance III 400 | NMR spectrometer (400 MHz for 1H)
✓ Multinuclear VT-QNP 5 mm probe ✓ Dedicated to organic / organometallic chemistry |
| Department Shared | |
| Bruker Ascend 400 WB with Avance III HD System (Department-Shared, 1) | NMR spectrometer (400 MHz for 1H) with Wide Bore Magnet and 3.2 mm MAS probe for solid-state measurements
✓ Triple Resonance Broad Band ✓ Spinning rate up to 24 KHz |
| Philips PW1830 (Department- Shared, 2) | Powder X-ray diffractometer (ϑ-2ϑ geometry)
✓ Variable-Temperature sample holder (-50°C/+450°C) ✓ Controlled atmosphere sample cell |
| Bruker Avance 600 with cryoprobe
(Department-Shared, 3) |
NMR spectrometer (600 MHz for 1H) with cryoprobe
✓ Dedicated to organic chemistry |
| Mettler Toledo DSC 822 (Department-Shared, 4) | Differential Scanning Calorimeter
✓ Temperature range -70°C/+450°C ✓ Available for service |
| Mettler Toledo DSC 1 (Department-Shared, 5) | Differential Scanning Calorimeter
✓ Temperature range -150°C/+450°C ✓ Available for service |
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