Spray drying:
- Büchi Nano Spray Dryer B-90
- GEA Mobil Minor spray dryer (pilot)
Microencapsulation using prilling technique in laboratory and pilot scale
- Büchi Encapsulator B-390
Techniques for preparation of functional nano- and microparticlesk:
- Emulsion methods (single and double) (Vibracell VCX 130 sonicator, Hielscher UP200St sonicator with flow cell, IKA Ultraturrax)
- Nanoprecipitation
- Spherical agglomeration
- Emulsion polymerisation
Conventional powder technology:
- Wet extrusion granulator
- High shear wet granulator
- Disc granulator
- Fluid bed spray granulator
- Grinding fluid bed spray granulator
- Mechanically spouted bed dryer with inert particles
Centrifuges:
- Beckman Coulter Optima ultracentrifuge
- Hermle Z216 MK microcentrifuge
Analytics
Size analysis:
- Malvern Mastersizer 2000 by laser diffraction: size range: 200 nm – 2 mm, droplet and particle size measurement, ultrasonic dispersion unit is also available.
- Malvern Zetasizer Nano ZS by dynamic light scattering (photon correlation spectroscopy)
Thermogravimetry (TG-DTA) differential scanning calorimetry (DSC-MS(EGA)):
- Setaram LabsysEvo
- Setaram DSC92 – calorimeter –140 °C - 600 °C
- Setaram μDSCIIIevo – microcalorimeter –20 °C - 120 °C
Gaschromatography:
- Perkin Elmer Clarus 500 – with autosampler, GC, PT injektor, 15m Elite-1, FID
- Shimadzu GCMS-QP2010 Ultra – autosampler, EI and CI
UV-vis spectrophotometry:
- Shimadzu UV-1800
- Hewlett Packard 8452A – diode array
- Thermo Multiskan Sky microplate spectrophotometer
Scanning electron microscopy (SEM):
- Zeiss EVO40
Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
- FEI Morgagni 286D
Atomic force microscopy (AFM)
- Veeco Digital Instruments MMAFM-2
X-ray diffractometry (XRD)
- Philips PW-105 XRPD – powder diffractometer, up to 1000 °C
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
- JASCO FT/IR-4000 with ATR