Facilities & Equipment

-95 Degrees Celsius Circulating Chiller... Read More »

AccuPyc® II 1340 Series Pycnometers are fast, fully automatic analyzers that provide high-speed, high-precision volume measurements and density calculations on a wide variety of powders, solids, and slurries. Using a gas displacement technique to measure volume, the AccuPyc II 1340 completes …... Read More »

AR 2000 rheometer (TA Instruments) is a versatile device with excellent performance and sensitivity characteristics.It provides controlled stress or controlled strain measurements appropriate for a wide range of applications including characterization of delicate structures in fluids with a wide range …... Read More »

We have the Agilent 5975C Series GC/MSD with the New Triple-Axis Detector. It is combined with 7890A GS System CTC Analytics Combi PAL Sample Injectors for liquid injection, headspace, and solid-phase microextraction. This device has a better MS resolution and the lowest …... Read More »

We have Barnstead/Thermolyne Aquametry II Apparatus for Karl Fischer Method This compact, closed, odorless and moisture-proof system provides precise water determinations in just few minutes using the Karl Fischer method. Unit is capable of measuring 0.005% (50ppm) to 100% water with 1% …... Read More »

This Carver heated bench top lab press has a digital temperature control and safety shield. It is used for molding, laminating, embossing and bonding of various materials in a laboratory setting.... Read More »

We have PerkinElmer’s Clarus® 500 Gas Chromatograph with full-color, easy-to-use touch-screen interface including flame ionization detector (FID) and electron capture detector (ECD). The Clarus 500 GC provides easy access to columns and excellent temperature control and fast cool-down times for maximum productivity. …... Read More »

Differential Scanning Calorimeters (DSC) measures temperatures and heat flows associated with thermal transitions in a material. Common usage includes investigation, selection, comparison and end-use performance evaluation of materials in research, quality control and production applications. Properties measured by DSC techniques …... Read More »

Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (Q50) is a powerful technique which measures the mechanical properties of materials while they are subjected to a periodic stress. It is one of the most powerful tools available for the study of the behaviour of plastic …... Read More »

Gas Chromatograph – Mass Spectrometer (GC-MS) and Gas Chromatograph with Flame Ionization Detector (GC-FID, 6890N Series) both from Agilent Technologies and used daily as the workhorses of the laboratory. They are used to analyze volatile lipid molecules and small modified lipid molecules. …... Read More »

High Preformance Liquid Chromatograph (1200 Series, Agilent Technologies) with ELSD and RI Detector is used for the identification, separation and preparation of lipid compounds. Ours is equipped with ultra-violet and evaporative light scattering detectors.... Read More »

High Pressure Vessels – Hydrogenators from Parr... Read More »

We have 12 L and 22 L jacketed glass reaction vessels from Chemglass for the semi-pilot and pilot scale production of epoxy precursors and polyols from renewable sources. The vessels in the picture are demonstrating real-time process of polyol synthesis (left) and …... Read More »

The 3200 Q TRAP® LC/MS/MS system provides excellent sensitivity, superior dynamic range, and reliability across a range of identification and quantitation applications. Patented hybrid triple quadrupole/Linear Ion Trap technology takes you farther than conventional ion traps and enables you to …... Read More »

Variable Temperature Stage for Microscope – is an easy to use heating and freezing stage specially designed for accurate temperature measurements. The stage consists of a large area temperature controlled element with simple microscope slide mounted sample loading. The sample …... Read More »

Our ozone generator produces a continuous flow of ozone using compressed ambient air or oxygen gas for greatly increased power. It feeds the ozonolysis reactor in which double bonds in triacylglyceride molecules are oxidatively cleaved in order to produce feedstock …... Read More »

Polarized Light Microscope (ours is the Leica DMRX) equipped with a digital camera and a temperature controlled stage (Linkam LTS 350). This instrument is used to image the microstructure of our lipid and modified lipid networks. Indeed, we are able …... Read More »

Our digital and programmable refrigerated and heating circulating baths are designed to provide precise temperature control of fluids for circulation to external equipment or to be used as standalone baths. The reservoir may be used for immersing samples while the …... Read More »

NMR Spectrometer – ours is a Bruker minispec mq 20, and is one of the latest of a series of NMR instruments for time and temperature resolved liquid to solid analysis, such as solid fat content (SFC) analysis. The instrument is …... Read More »

The Applied Biosystems/ABI Q-STAR® Elite hybrid quadrupole/time-of-flight (Q-TOF) tandem mass spectrometer high-performance LC/MS/MS System with New Razor™ detector and complete with TurboSpray photoionization and APCI source for improved high resolution, high mass accuracy, greater sensitivity, robustness and ion transmission. The Q-STAR® Elite …... Read More »

The rotary evaporator (also called “rotavap”) is a device which is used to easily and efficiently evaporate solvents from reaction mixtures. The solvent which is removed under vacuum is trapped by a condenser and is collected for reuse or disposal. …... Read More »

State of the Art Imaging System (Digital Capture and Analysis)... Read More »

TA.XTPlus Texture Analyzer (from Stable Micro Systems) is the latest generation Texture Analyzer. This instrument is used to measure the texture and hardness of edible lipid samples. It has true stress-strain ability and is equipped with multi-channel data acquisition. The instrument …... Read More »

The rugged and reliable Thermogravimetric Analyzer TGA Q50 (TA Instruments) has many features. It measures weight changes in a material as a function of temperature (or time) under a controlled atmosphere. Its principal uses include measurement of a material’s thermal …... Read More »

The Penetrometer is a direct-reading instrument for precision penetration measurements of food, cosmetic, pharmaceutical products and waxes. It is accurate, reliable and easy to use.... Read More »

Wiped-Blade Molecular Distillation (InCon Processing LLC) is used where the distillate is of high boiling point. It has high vacuum capability hence reducing operating temperature, excellent mass and heat transfer and handles viscous fluids. The Single Stage Distillation Plant runs …... Read More »