Characterization Lab – PTB 171
Light Scattering
SMALS
Multi-angle light scattering
Rheometer
TA Instruments ARES-G2
8 mm, 25 mm, 50 mm plates
8 mm 0.1 rad, 25 mm 0.04 rad, 50 mm 0.02 rad cones
25 mm, 50 mm cone-partitioned plate (CPP) bridgeheads
Peltier plate temperature control [-40 – 180oC] with solvent traps
Vacuum Oven
Cole-Parmer Vacuum Oven
Optical Lab – PTB 172
Light Scattering
LS Spectrometer II
Refractometer
Mettler Toledo myBrix
Raman Confocal Microscope
Renishaw inVia Basis
Biology Lab – PTB 185
Autoclave Sterilizer
Biosafety Cabinet
Cell Incubators
Centrifuge
Eppendorf 5804R
ULT Freezer
Synthesis Lab – PTB 322
Centrifugal Evaporator
Labconco CentriVap
Refrigerated/heated (-4 – 100oC)
Acid resistance (0.1-1% TFA)
Rotors for 2 mL, 50 mL centrifuge tubes
Lyophilizer
Labconco FreeZone
2.5 L capacity
-84oC for use with acetonitrile, water
PTFE-coated coils for acid resistance
Robotic Synthesizer
CEM Liberty Blue 2.0
Solid-phase peptide & peptoid synthesis at 0.005-5 mmol scale
Microwave heating for glycosylated and other difficult monomers
HT4 for high throughput synthesis of 4 polymers sequentially
Rotary Evaporator
Büchi Rotary Evaporator
