Synthetic and organic-preparative techniques
Inert gas-  and vacuum (schlenk) equipment
Glove-box (Glovebox Systemtechnik)
Lyophilizer (ZIRBUS Technology)

 


Lab-scale polymer processing
Micro twin screw extruder (ca. 7 ccm³), Haake MiniLab II, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Karlsruhe, Germany)
Mini twin-screw extruder (ca. 200-2.000 g/h, Three Tec, Seon, Switzerland)
Mini cooling belt (Three Tec, Seon, Switzerland)
Mini pelletizer (Three Tec, Seon, Switzerland)
Mini injection molding machine (Haake Mini Jet Pro, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Karlsruhe, Germany)
Hot platen press (Polystat 200 T, ServiTec)
Cryo mill (Retsch, Haan, Germany)
Planet ball mill (PN 100, Retsch, Haan, Germany)

 


Flammability testing
UL94 V burning chamber (HVUL2 Horizontal Vertical Flame Chamber, HVUL2, Atlas)
Limiting oxygen index (OI unit, Fire Testing Technology, East Grinstead, UK)

 


Rheological Analysis
Melt flow index (MFI, KARG Industrietechnik)

 


Thermal analysis
Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC 1 STAR System, Mettler Toledo)
Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA/DSC 1 STAR System, Mettler Toledo)
Thermogravimetric analysis FT-infrared coupling (TGA-FTIR, Mettler Toledo/Thermo Fisher Scientific, Karlsruhe, Germany)

 


Spectroscopy
FT-MIR/NIR spectrometer + ATR (NicoletTM iS50 NIR, Thermo Fisher Scientific)
Benchtop 19F-, 31P- and 1H-NMR (43 MHz) spectrometer (Spinsolve Phosphorus, Magritek)
Benchtop 19F-, 13C- and 1H-NMR (60 MHz) spectrometer (Spinsolve Carbon, Magritek)
Fluorescence spectrometer (RF-6000, Shimadzu)
UV-Vis spectrometer (UV-2600, Shimadzu)

 

 


Chromatography
Size exclusion chromatography (SEC, Shimadzu)

 


Elemental analysis
C-, H-, N-, S-Analyser (vario MICRO cube, Elementar)