ASOM Laboratory
Areas:
Organic chemistry
Instruments at the ASOM laboratory:
Tip Probe sonicator: it creates ultrasound waves through the tip directly into a solution thus enable emulsification of two immiscible liquid phases (such as chloroform and water) or homogeneous redispersion of particulates.
Laminar flow hood: necessary for maintenance of sterility while working with biomaterials designed for cell or in vivo implants. On the contrary of chemical hood it avoids entrance of bacteria and contaminants, thus preserving the sample inside.
- Autoclave: for everyday sterilization of materials and products before their entrance in the laminar flow hood.
- Lyophilizer: it decreases temperature and pressure below the water triple point, thus allowing to remove water from a sample through sublimation instead of evaporation or hot-drying. This methodology is used in pharmaceutical industries for storage of product/drugs as powder, without affecting their original structure and enabling very fast and easy redispersion.
- SLA 3D printer and UV post-curing : thanks to the most modern technology and after 3d model software manipulation, it allows the three dimensional printing of objects from a liquid resin thanks to localized photocuring induced by a high energy UV laser. Then, the optimal post-curing of 3D printed object in ensured in a high intensity UV curing oven.
- Spin coater: this technique is used for the deposition of thin films of materials onto supports or for creation of self-standing 2D films made of synthetic as well as natural polymers. The obtained films, with thicknesses in the order of micro/nanometers, find their applications in the field organic electronics.
Nanodrop: small and portable UV-Vis spectrophotometer. It requires 2 microliters of sample for analysis. Particularly useful for biomedical test.
- Large Scale Synthesis and Purification Apparatuses: a thermoregulated 3-L glass reaction vessel equipped with a mechanical stirrer and a 20-L close-cycle dialysis system enable the optimization of high throughput synthetic and purification processes.