The instrumentations and the services offered by the different groups on the basis of their skills and knowledge are:

Analytical Chemistry

Equipment:

  • Inductively Coupled Plasma Source Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-OES);
  • Mass spectrometry with inductively coupled plasma source (ICP-MS);
  • Mineralization and microwave extraction;
  • Ion chromatography;
  • HPLC-MS / MS QQQ;
  • HPLC-UV and FD;
  • GC-MS;
  • GC-FID;
  • UV-Vis spectroscopy

Services:

Reference: Antonella Profumo

  • Chemical and physico-chemical analyses of mineral waters, in accordance with the current legislation, one of the most important services requested.

Reference: Raffaela Biesuz

  • Statistical analysis and chemometric consultancy for private companies;
  • Optimization with Experimental Design techniques for continuous, discrete, process and mixture variables;
  • Optimization with Experimental Design techniques for continuous, discrete, process and mixture variables.

Physical Chemistry

Equipment:

  • Differential Scanning Calorimeter DSC Q2000. Operative range: -30 °C÷400 °C.
  • Thermogravimetric Analyzer TGA Q5000IR. Operative range: ambient to 1200 °C.
  • Simultaneous TGA/DSC SDT Q600. Operative range: ambient-1500 °C.
  • Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer Nicolet iS20 FT-IR (Nicolet) equipped with Attenuated Total Reflectance (ATR) sampling accessory - Smart iTR with diamond crystal.
  • Scanning Electron Microscope Zeiss EVO® MA10 (Carl Zeiss) equipped with Energy Dispersive System (EDS XMax 50 mm2). Softwares for digital X-ray mapping and elemental quantitative analysis.
  • X-Ray Diffractometers for Powder, Bruker D5005 and D2 (Bruker). CuKα radiation, graphite monochromator and scintillation detector.
  • Neware Battery Testing System (BTS-400)
  • AUTOLAB PGSTAT30 Potentiostat (Eco Chemie)
  • Trident Instrument (C-Therm), working from 25°C to 200°C on solid and liquid materials for the determination of the Thermal conductivity.
  • Manometric instrument PCTPro-2000 by Setaram (working from 25°C to 600°and from 0 bar to 180 bar in PCT and kinetic mode), that can be coupled with a Sensys DSC calorimeter working up to 500°C and up to 130 bar.
  • Photoluminescence (PL) measurements: standard photoluminescence (PL), time resolved photoluminescence (TRPL), PL quantum yield (PLQY) and electroluminescence (EL) (with a custom-made system).
  • UV–NIR spectrophotometer from Perkin Elmer (Lambda1050+). With this instrument absorption spectra of solution samples as well as thin films can be collected.
  • TriA SNOM Instrument by A. P. E. Research for measurements of Atomic Force and Scanning Near Field Optical Microscopy (AFM-SNOM).

Services:

References: M. Bini, D. Capsoni, L. Malavasi

  • X-ray powder diffraction measurements of inorganic, organic, active principle solids. Diffraction patterns analysis, phase identification, qualitative and quantitative analysis, structural Rietveld refinement and quantitative evaluation of crystalline and amorphous phases mixture, polymorphism investigation.

References: M. Bini

  • Electrochemical measurements to determine the performances of batteries (Swagelok or Pouch Cells). In particular, we can perform galvanostatic cycling at different current values for different times or long cycling at a single current value to evaluate the charge-discharge capacities and the coulombic efficiency of the battery in different potential windows.

References: M. Bini

  • Cyclic voltammetry measurements to determine the active redox couples in anodes and cathodes and intermittent galvanostatic titration (GITT) to calculate the diffusion coefficients of the mobile species; impedance spectroscopy on different kind of materials to determine the resistance and capacity values of the components of the analysed systems and conductivity measurements in different temperature ranges with proper cells.

References: C. Milanese

  • Kinetic and PCT measurements for the evaluation of the hydrogen gravimetric capacity, of the hydrogenation and dehydrogenation kinetics and of the thermodinamic parameters (enthalpy and entropy) of the reactions.

Reference: G. Bruni

  • Thermoanalytical measurements (TGA and DSC), FT-IR spectroscopic analyses, scanning electron microscopy and optical thermomicroscopy of active principles with pharmaceutical uses for the investigation of polymorphism/pseudo-polyorphism/amorphism, drug-excipient interactions, and the search of strategies aimed at improving the solubility and other properties of drugs.

Reference: G. Grancini

  • Solving the stability and toxicity issues by the development of multi-dimensional Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells with a synergistic effect resulting from a multidisciplinary approach that combines the design of new advanced materials (including non-toxic) with cutting-edge photophysical investigations that will enable a big jump in material science, fundamental physico-chemical understanding, and technological innovation. Photoluminescence (PL) measurements, UV-Vis analyses, Atomic Force and Scanning Near Field Optical Microscopy (AFM-SNOM) investigations are performed.

Inorganic Chemistry

Equipment:

  • Mass spectrometer LCQ-ADV MAX (ESI-ION TRAP) (Thermo) Mass spectrometer with inductively coupled plasma source (ICP-MS);
  • NMR AVANCE 400 spectrometer (Bruker);
  • HPLC Shimadzu and Jasco with diode detector;
  • Circular dicroism;
  • UV-Vis spectrophotometers (190 – 1100 nm) equipped with kinetic studies modules for low temperature kinetics and solid samples support;
  • FTIR-ATR;
  • Contact angle CAM200 KSV
  • DLS-Zeta potential Zetasizer Nano ZS90
  • EPR
  • TGA/DSC

Services:

Reference: Enrico Monzani

  • Chemical and structural analysis: Separation and analyses of mixitures of composites by HPLC-MS/MS for the identification of the different components (also in traces). Isolation and purification of the components of mixtures by preparative HPLC, also by chiral columns. Analysis of compounds or components of mixtures for the determination of their chemical structure using the following techniques: NMR spectroscopy (1H, 13C, 31P, 19F, etc.), multidimensional NMR spectroscopy (COSY, TOCSY, eterocorrelated, etc.), MS spectra with fragmentation paths analysis, IR spectra with functional group analysis, circular dicroism spectra with optical activity analysis of the optical activity of chiral molecules and of the proteins’ conformation.
  • Chemical and structural analysis: Separation and analyses of mixitures of composites by HPLC-MS/MS for the identification of the different components (also in traces). Isolation and purification of the components of mixtures by preparative HPLC, also by chiral columns. Analysis of compounds or components of mixtures for the determination of their chemical structure using the following techniques: NMR spectroscopy (1H, 13C, 31P, 19F, etc.), multidimensional NMR spectroscopy (COSY, TOCSY, eterocorrelated, etc.), MS spectra with fragmentation paths analysis, IR spectra with functional group analysis, circular dicroism spectra with optical activity analysis of the optical activity of chiral molecules and of the proteins’ conformation.

Reference: Piersandro Pallavicini

  • Characterization of nanomaterials and nanostructured surfaces: characterization of organic and inorganic nanomaterials using spectroscopic techniques (UV-Vis, IR, fluorescence), determination of the size (DLS) and surface charge (zeta potential) of nanomaterials and characterization of surfaces (wettability measurements by contact angle, UV-Vis spectroscopy on solids).

Organic Chemistry

Equipment:

  • • UV-Vis, IR, Fluorescent and CD spectroscopy
  • Laser Flash-Photolysis;
  • Liquid chromatography, analytical and preparative HPLC-UV; • Supercritical HPLC- CO2;
  • UPLC-MS;
  • Polarimeter;
  • GC-MS;
  • GC-FID;
  • NMR (200 e 300 MHz);
  • Microwave reactors;
  • Equipment for hydrogenation at atmospheric pressure, in flow and up to 200 bar

Services:

Reference prof. Mariella Mella

  • NMR structural characterization of organic compounds.

Reference prof. Filippo Doria:

  • Purification and fully characterization of imputity / degardation product and active product of different nature using HPLC (analytical and preparative), UPLC/MS, NMR, IR;
  • Five batch analysis and characterization;
  • research contracts for the design and synthesis of pharmacologically active molecules for industrial application;
  • development of hydrogenation reactions.

Reference prof. Paolo Quadrelli:

  • Development of non-infringing API synthesis methods;
  • Synthesis, isolation and complete characterization of impurities / degradation products by HPLC (analytical and semipreparative), HRMS, NMR, IR;
  • Research contracts for the design and synthesis of APIs for new industrial applications;
  • Consulting Contracts for Chemical Companies.

Reference prof. Dario Pasini:

  • simple analyzes, deformation activities of assembled products;
  • more structured research contracts for the design and synthesis of organic and polymeric materials with functional properties for industrial application. .

Reference prof. Giuseppe Zanoni:

  • purification, complete characterization and synthesis of impurities;
  • extraction, isolation, complete characterization of natural extracts;
  • patent synthesis analysis of API;
  • research contracts for the design and synthesis of APIs for industrial applications;
  • development of organocatalytic, electrocatalytic, photocatalytic and organometallic reactions;
  • development of methods for the D, T, 18F, 124I, 11C, 14C marking of APIs or molecules of interest;
  • enantioselective synthesis for third parties;
  • assistance in the preparation of research projects in response to Regional, National and European calls;
  • assistance in carrying out high-performance computational chemistry and machine-learning calculations .