Laboratory equipment of Prof. Bigall's research group

IR-Spektrometer

Bruker Optik GmbH
MIR and NIR equipped with a Golden Gate ATR System (6000 – 600 cm-1)

Contact:  Dr. Kathrin Hoppe

Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)

NETZSCH-Gerätebau GmbH
DSC 204 F1 Phoenix temperature range: -180 to 600°C

Contact:  Dr. Kathrin Hoppe

Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA)

NETZSCH-Gerätebau GmbH
TGA 209 F1 Libra with automatic sample changer (temperature range: RT to 1100°C)

Contact:  Dr. Kathrin Hoppe

UV-VIS-NIR-Spektrometer

Cary 5000 spectrophotometer from Agilent with Cary VASRA (Variable Angle Specular Reflectance Accessory), wavelength range 175-3300 nm, and Ulbricht sphere Cary DRA

Contact:  Dr. Dirk Dorfs

Confocal microscope

• - Multi-line Argon laser with continuous excitation wavelengths of 457 nm to 488 nm, 515 nm (30 mW)
  - HeNe green laser with continuous excitation wavelength of 543 nm (10 mW)
  - HeNe red laser with a continuous excitation wavelength of 633 nm (10 mW)
  - Diode laser with pulsed excitation at 405 nm and 630 nm (20 mW)
  - Coupled to Horiba/Jobin Yvon Triax 320 spectrometer, spectral resolution 2.4 nm
  - Coupled to Time Correlated Single Photon Counting (TCSPC) unit from PicoQuant

Contact:  Dr. Dirk Dorfs

 Gas chromatograph

Shimadzu

Nexis GC-2030 

Contact:  Pia Thomsen

 small NMR

Contact:  Dr. Agnes Weimer,

description coming soon

 Vibrating Sample Magnetometer  (VSM)

MicroSense, LLC Corporation
Model EZ9 VSM
Electromagnet for fields up to 2.65 T

Contact:  Dr. Kathrin Hoppe

 Synthesis reactor

Contact:  Dr. Agnes Weimer,

description coming soon

 Fluoreszenzspektrometer

Fluoromax-4 spectrometer equipped with a xenon lamp for measuring PL emission and excitation with a wavelength range of 250 - 850 nm

Contact:  Dr. Dirk Dorfs

 Photocatalysis

Contact:  Pia Thomsen,

description coming soon

Test gas system

Umwelttechnik MCZ
Permeation module

Contact:  Dr. Tobias Vossmeyer

Photon encounter

 Fluorescence lifetime measurements (custom-built)

Contact:  Dr. Dirk Dorfs

Dynamic light scattering

Malvern Instruments
Zeta-Sizer Nano ZS

Contact:  Dr. Dirk Dorfs

 Spectrofluorometer FS5

Spectrofluorometer FS5 (Edinburgh Instruments)

• Xenon lamp excitation from 230 nm to 1000 nm
  Measurement range 230 nm - 980 nm, spectral resolution 0.5 nm
  Both absorption and fluorescence measurements possible
  Absolute photoluminescent quantum yield determination with integrating sphere
  Diverse sample type (liquid, solid, or film)
  Remote measurements with fiber launcher system

Contact:  Dr. Dirk Dorfs