Equipment

  • High throughput transmission X-ray powder diffractomer for fast sample characterization
  • High resolution X-ray diffractometer equipped with a Kalpha 1 monochromator (transmission capillary mode) for indexing and/or structure solution
  • X-ray powder Diffractometer equipped with a temperature chamber (Cu source) while a Mo source is dedicated for the PDF analysis. Gas or vapour sorption chamber (1 bar) equipped with a cryostream for in situ PXRD experiments.
  • Thermal gravimetric analyser equipped with a multi-samples holder
    Infra-red spectrometer (ATR mode)
  • Liquid/solid state UV-vis spectrometer (shared with C. Policar, ENS)
  • Liquid phase NMR
  • DNP solid state NMR (within the chemistry department at ENS)
  • Two Nitrogen porosimeters equipped with multi-sample holders and complemented by a separate platform of secondary vacuum individual activation systems
  • One gravimetric IGA Hiden-Isochema sorption analyser (up to 20 bar, 100 K to 353 K) (still in Versailles but shall be transferred early 2019 to IMAP)
  • A hydro-solvothermal synthesis platform : Teflon lined autoclaves including several combinatorial grids of 24 or 48 samples (1.5 or 0.25 ml), a few dozen of Teflon lined Paar autoclaves of 23 or 125 ml, ca 10 ovens
  • Combinatorial round bottom flask synthesis
  • Scale-up synthesis platform : including hastelloy or glass lined reactors of volume of 400 ml, 5l and two 35 l reactors (including one with a pressurized filtration system)
  • Microwave assisted solvothermal synthesis including teflon lined autoclaves of 25 ml or 100 ml
  • Differential Light Scattering, Zeta potential
  • HPLC equipped with a semi-quantitative UV detector
  • Incubator
  • Centrifugators up to 21000 rpm, sonicators
  • Grinder
  • Wet granulator to produce shaped particles (mm size)
  • Texturometer to assess the mechanical strength of shaped materials