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  • Research Groups
    • Interface Engineering and Particle Technology (Peukert Group)
      • Additive Manufacturing
        • Liquid Phase Production of Functional Polymer Particles (CRC 814 Project A1)
        • Modification and Functionalization of Powders in Gas Phase (SFB 814 Project A2)
        • Quality assurance system for powders used in selective laser beam melting of polymers (SFB 814 Transfer Project T1)
      • Advanced Colloid Characterization
        • Multidimensional analysis of nanoparticulate structures using analytical ultracentrifugation with integrated multiwavelength detection
        • Development of multidimensional analysis of particulate systems using analytical centrifugation
        • Multiwavelength emission characterization of nanoparticles by means of a novel analytical ultracentrifuge
      • Characterization of Carbon Dots
      • Comminution
      • Surfaces and Interfaces
        • Proteins at Interfaces
        • Emulsions
        • Surface Functionalization, Degradation, and Corrosion
      • Synthesis, Surface Modification and In Situ Analysis
        • In situ monitoring of particle formation
    • Nanostructured Particles (Klupp Taylor Group)
    • Self-Assembled Materials (Vogel Group)
    • Solids Processing (Bück Group)
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Facilities

Dipl.-Ing. Paula Hoppe

Secretariat

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Chair of Particle Technology (Prof. Dr. Peukert)

Room: Room 1.335
Cauerstraße 4
91058 Erlangen
  • Phone number: +49 9131 85-29405
  • Email: paula.hoppe@fau.de

Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Michael Auer

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Chair of Particle Technology (Prof. Dr. Peukert)

Room: Room 0.225
Cauerstraße 4
91058 Erlangen
  • Phone number: +49 9131 85-29420
  • Email: michael.auer@fau.de

Particle Characterization

  • Disc centrifuge
  • Photoluminescence
  • Sieve analysis
  • Sample splitter
  • X-ray diffractometer (XRD)
  • Laser light scattering: 0,1 – 1750 μm
  • Photon correlation spectroscopy (PCS, QELS): 3 nm – 1 mm
  • Electro-acoustic spectroscopy (Zeta-potential and particle size)
  • Sedimentation analysis (Sedigraph): > 0,5 μm
  • Coulter Multisizer II: > 0,5 μm
  • Scanning Mobility Particle Sizing (SMPS): 10 nm – 1 μm
  • Goniometer system for static and dynamic light scattering
  • Microscope with image analysis system

Characterization and modification of surfaces

  • Ellipsometry
  • Optical Tweezer
  • Langmuirbalance
  • Scanning Electron Microscopy
  • Atomic Force Microscopy
  • BET analysis (surface, pore sizes > 2 nm)
  • Hg-porosimetry (pore sizes > 2 nm)
  • FT-IR spectroscopy
  • Second Harmonic Generation spectroscopy
  • Sum Frequency Generation spectroscopy
  • Thermogravimetry
  • Contact angle measurement
  • Zetasizer Nano (Zeta potential, DLS, measurement of molecular weight and virial coefficients)
  • Analysis of surface charge and streaming potential
  • Dip-coating apparatus incl. ultraprecision scale
  • Spin coater

Chemical analysis

  • Gas chromatography (GC) with FID, TCD, SPME
  • High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) with UV-VIS detector
  • UV/VIS spectroscopy

Material properties

  • Density oscillator
  • Pycnometer
  • Rotational viscosimeter
  • Micro hardness tester
  • Differential scanning calorimeter (DSC)
  • Dynamic-mechanical analyser (DMA)

Adsorption

  • Tensiometry
  • Quartz crystal micro scale
  • Inverse High Performance Liquid Chromatography (i-HPLC)
  • Inverse Gas Chromatography (i-GC)

Characterization of multi-phase flows

  • Rheometry
  • X-ray tomography (60-160kV)
  • Phase-Doppler-Anemometer
  • Laser-Doppler-Anemometer
  • Particle Image Velocimetry
  • Flow visualisation by laser light sheet
  • Pressure meters, flow meters
  • LIF-apparatus (laser induced fluorescence for detection of varying concentrations)
  • Capacitive probes for concentration measurements

Comminution/Classifying/Separation

  • Single particle impact mill
  • Single particle roll mill
  • Single particle grinding apparatus
  • Multi process mill (AFG 100, ZPS 50, ATP 50)
  • Stirred ball mill with online measurement equipment
  • Explosion proof stirred ball mill
  • Electrofilters, baghouse filters

Particle synthesis/Crystallization

  • Cristallizers: MSMPR, Batch, Fluid bed, Y-Mixer
  • Ultrasonic density measurement
  • Supersaturation sensors
  • Reactors for gas phase synthesis
    • Plasma reactor
    • High temperature – short time – sintering plant with hot wall reactor

Pilot plant scale devices

  • Hydraulic conveying
  • Pressurized fluidized beds for static pressures up to 64 bar
  • Stirred suspension tank in half-technical scale

Software

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFX)
  • COSMO-RS (statistical thermodynamics)
  • Labview based solver for population balances (in cooperation with BASF)
  • PARSIVAL (Population balances)

Miscellaneous

  • Glove box
  • High voltage aggregates
  • Impedance spectrometer
  • Ring shear tester, Jenike shear tester
  • Lab scale and pilot plant scale devices for
    • Classifying
    • Sieving
    • Agglomeration (fluidized bed)
    • Mixing of solids
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