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 
  • Optica
  • 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