MOST is able to provide various services to the other structures of the University and to the external community.
Technical expertises
|
Technique |
Type of instrument and/or analysis possibilities |
Contact person |
| X-ray diffraction, under high and low temperatures and high gas pressures, single crystal and powder |
MAR345 with MoKα radiation or a a synchrotron source, sapphire cell | Yaroslav Filinchuk |
| TGA/DSC-MS under inert conditions (instrument in Ar glovebox) | Netzsch F3 in an argon glovebox | Yaroslav Filinchuk |
| Volumetric instrument for gas adsorption up to high pressures | PCT, Sieverts - Hiden IMI up to 200 bar, 77-773K | Yaroslav Filinchuk |
| Infrared spectrometry under inert conditions (instrument in Ar glovebox) |
Bruker Alfa IR-ATR heatable (120°C) diamond cell (reflection), transmission cell, all in argon glovebox | Yaroslav Filinchuk |
| Upscale automated reactor devices Reactor-Ready | Automated batch upscaling | François Billard |
| Polar Bear | Temperature controlled reactor device | François Billard |
| Crystal 16 | Automated solubility curve determination | François Billard |
| Mettler Easy Max | Automated controlled reactor device | François Billard |
| ReactIR | Online in situ IR tool for reaction/crystallization monitoring | François Billard |
| Monopuit | Inverted temperature controlled microscope (solution analysis) | François Billard |
| MM400/ITC500 | Mixer Mills | François Billard |
| Ultrasound probe | To create ultrasounds in a reduced reactional medium | François Billard |
| DSC2500 TA | DSC device with T0 | Pascal Van Velthem |
| Q5000 TA | Automated batch upscaling | Pascal Van Velthem |
| Powder XRD | Bragg Brentano standard measurements. In situ measurements with controlled atmosphere and temperature | François Devred |
| Temperature programmed desorption, oxidation, reduction for powders | Possibility of evaluation of acid sites (NH3 desorption) or basic sites (CO2 desorption) |
François Devred |
| N2 Physisorption | BET surface, pore size distribution, pore volume | François Devred |
| Infrared Spectroscopy (powders) | Routine measurements in ATR mode. DRIFT mode for controlled atmospheres and temperatures. Possibility of quantification of Lewis acid sites and Bronsted acid sites by pyridine adsorption. | François Devred |
| Co chemisorption (pulsed) | Metal dispersion on a support | François Devred |
| Microwave synthesis | Rate acceleration of a reaction under micro-wave heating | Raphaël Robiette |
| Lyophilizer | Lyophilizer (freeze-drying) equipment which allows to dry compounds in aqueous solution | Raphaël Robiette |
| Melting point | Measure the melting point of a solid | Raphaël Robiette |
| Polarimeter | Measure the specific optical rotation of a chiral compound in solution | Laurent Collard |
| Potentiostat Autolab PGSTAT302N | Electrochemical measurements | Michaël Singleton |
| Potentiostat DF1730SB3A | Electrochemical measurements | Michaël Singleton |
| Potentiostat Thurlby-Thandar PL320QMT, 32V-2A | Electrochemical measurements | Michaël Singleton |
| Ozonolyseur LAB 2B(Ozonya) | Allows the production of ozone for synthesis | Michaël Singleton |
| Glove Box | Work under inert atmosphere | François Billard |
| Multi-channel reactor + IR evaporator | Automated controlled multi-channel reactor device with IR evaporation |
François Billard |
| Cryostat | Low Temperature controlled reactor | François Billard |
| UV-Visible Spectroscopy | UV-visible irradiation and spectroanalysis in solution at room temperature and in a frozen matrix | Benjamin Elias |
| Spectrofluorimetry | Steady-state fluorescence at room and low temperature | Benjamin Elias |
| Oligonucleide Synthesis | Automated ODN synthesis on solid support and purification | Benjamin Elias |
| Dark room | Synthesis and handling of photosensitive compounds | Benjamin Elias |
| TGA-MS | Mettler-Toledo TGA/DSC 3+ with sample robot, online with ThermoStar de PFEIFFER Vaccuum Mass Spectrometer | Sophie Hermans |
| Textural and Chemisorption analyses |
ASAP 2020 Surface Arera and Porosity Analyser from Micromeritics |
Sophie Hermans |
| FT-RAMAN | (1064 nm wavelength) from BRUKER | Sophie Hermans |
| Inorganic/organometallic synthesis | Including under inert atmosphere (Schlenk lines, glovebox); ovens; automatic titration devices with thermostatized reactors; carbonylation autoclave | Sophie Hermans |
The electromechanic workshop
The electromechanic workshop is open to all customers and provides customized services.
Management: Prof Benoit Hackens + 32 10 47 32 54
Contact person: Mr Axel Willems +32 10 47 29 25
The glass-blowing workshop
The glass-blowing workshop is open to all customers and provides customized services.
Contact person: Mr Michaël Jonckman +32 10 47 32 14
The Lavoisier store
The Lavoisier store is open to all customers and provides bio-chemical and chemical products.
Management: Prof R. Robiette +32 10 47 91 76
Contact persons: Mr Pascal Colson +32 10 47 45 48
Mrs Jessica Venicx +32 10 47 28 34