Facilities

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 modifcation 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