Research Equipment

The research laboratory instrumentation is built up to perform specially advanced time-resolved spectroscopic investigations. These include both absorption and emission spectroscopies covering a wide time range. One can start with steady state measurements and continue with time resolved studies in second, millisecond, microsecond, nanosecond, picosecond and, finally, in femtosecond time domains. Another branch of the laboratory instrumentation is aimed on design and investigation of organized molecular systems, particularly highly ordered monolayers of functional molecules. Principal research instruments are:

Time-resolved instruments:

1. Ultrafast femto- picosecond absorption and emission spectroscopy system (pump-probe and up-conversion metods)
2. Pico- nanosecond emission spectrocopy instrument (time correlated single photon counting method)
3. Flash-photolysis system for time resolved absorption spectroscopy with a 10 ns - 10 s time domain. Nd-YAG- (with OPO or Ti-sapphire) laser excitation
4. Maxwell displacement charge measurement system: system for time-resolved photo-electric measurements of vectorial electron transfer in thin films with a 10 ns - 10 s time domain
5. MicroTime 200 Fluorescence Lifetime Microscope with spatial resolution down to 0.3 µm, maximum scan field 80×80 µm

Spectrometers:
 

1. UV-VIS spectrophotometer
    Shimadzu UV-2501PC UV-Vis Recording Spectrophotometer, spectrum range: 185-3300 nm.
2. Spectrofluorometer Fluorolog Yobin Yvon-SPEX, excitation spectrum range: 240-700 nm, emission spectrum range: 300-850 and 900-1700 nm.
3. FTIR-spectrophotometer Perkin Elmer Spectrum One FT-IR Spectrometer
4. Atomic Absorption Spectrometer Philips PU 9200X
5. NMR-spectrometer Varian Mercury 300 MHz NMR Spectrometer
6. Spectra Analyzer AvaSpec-2048 Miniature Fiber Optic Spectrometer (Avantes)

Other research instruments:
 

1. Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC)
   METTLER TOLEDO STAR DSC821e differential scanning calorimeter
2. Gas Chromatograph (GC/MS)
   Hewlett-Packard 6890 Series gas chromatograph with 5972A series mass selective detector
3. Liquid Chromatograph (HPLC)
   Hewlett-Packard 1100 Series high performance liguid chromatograph with diode array detector and fluorescence detector
4. Metal Electrode Deposition System
   Edwards Auto 306 Vacuum metal-electrode deposition system with ability to deposit organic layers
5. Langmuir-Blodgett film deposition systems:
   KSV 2000 single trough system, KSV Minitrough and KSV Minialternate (KSV Instruments ltd)
6. Spincoater
   Model WS-400B-6NPP/LITE Laurell Technologies Corporation
   programmable 10 - 10 000 rpm

More complete list of instruments is also available.