Facilities

Physico-chemical characterisation techniques  
  •  Spectroscopy 
    • X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (E.S.C.A., X.P.S.), 2 high performance instruments : one with double anode and monochromator, argon etching, catalyst cell, cooling in preparation and analysis chamber, imaging ; one with microfocused monochromatized X-ray beam. ()
    • UV visible ()
  •  Microscopy 
    • Optical
    • Atomic force microscopy : topography, force-distance curves, mechanical properties (AFM) ()
  • Electrical properties 
    • Electrokinetic methods (zeta potential by microelectrophoresis and streaming potential measurement)
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  • Surface-energy related properties
    • Measurement of static (sessile drop) and dynamic (Wilhelmy plate) contact angles
    • Surface tension of liquids (; )
       
  • Other  
    • Image analysis (image analysis software : Visilog 5.2)
    • Potentiometric titration and automated conductimetry ()
    • Freeze dryer with programmed temperature
    • Automatic freeze dryer equipment with Eutectic monitor to determine freezing and melting temperatures 
    • Culture of microbial cells
    • QCMD, Quartz cristal microbalance with dissipation monitoring (QCM-D) ()
  •  Access to
    • Cell culture facilities
    • Radiolabelling
    • SEM
    • ToF-SIMS
    • Confocal microscopy
    • Textural analysis (BET...)

Electrokinetic methods

Sessile drop

    Measurement of static contact angles

Wilhelmy plate

Measurement of dynamic contact angles (Wilhelmy plate)

Automatic freeze dryer

 

| 16/02/2011 |