SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTATION

Robotic Milligram Scale Parallel Reactors

• Reaction vessels with operation volumes from 0.5 to 125 mL

• Automated liquid dispensing from 10 µL to 10 mL

• Positive displacement pipettes for viscous liquids

• Automated solid dispensing from 2 to 150 mg

• Overhead stirring up to 750 RPM

• In situ pH sensors

• On-deck viscosity measurement

• Operational temperature range from -55 to 180°C

• Low oxygen and low moisture levels via nitrogen purge box

Gram Scale Jacketed Reactor

• Reaction vessels with operation volumes from 50 mL to 5 L

• Operational temperature range from -40 to 180°C

• Temperature control achieved through jacket of heating/cooling fluid around reaction vessel

• In situ temperature, pH, conductivity, Raman, and/or IR sensors

• Automated dosing via syringe pump (30 µL/min to 200 mL/min)

• Overhead stirring up to 1,000 RPM

Cryo Reactor

• Operational temperature as low as -65ºC without use of any circulating cooling fluid, dry ice, or liquid nitrogen

• Reaction vessels with operation volumes from 1 to 100 mL

• In situ temperature, pH, conductivity, IR, and/or Raman sensors

• Automated dosing via syringe pump (30 µL/min to 200 mL/min)

• Overhead stirring up to 1,000 RPM

High Pressure Reactor

• Stainless steel reaction vessels with operation volumes up to 100 mL

• Operational temperature range from -20 to 200°C

• Operational pressure up to 60 bar

• In situ temperature and pressure sensors

• Overhead stirring

Photochemical Reactor

• 18W LED Light source (365 nm, 425 nm or 450 nm)

• Multiple vials at once (2 x 20 mL, 8 x 2 mL, 8 x 4 mL, 8 x 8 mL, 32 x 0.3 mL)

• Reactions at 0°C – 80°C

• Magnetic stirring

Flow Reactor

• -70 to 250°C temperature range

• 20 µL/min to 10mL/min flow rate range

• 42 bar maximum reaction pressure

• Tube and column reactors

• In situ UV/Vis and IR measurement

• Automated reagent loading and product collection

• Photoreactors available in 220 to 600 nm wavelength range

Electrochemical Reactor

• Capable of running cyclic voltammetry, constant current, and constant potential experiments

• Divided and undivided sample chambers available

• Minimum voltage step of 10 mV

• Voltage reading accurate to ± 16 mV

• Current reading accurate to ± 6.2 µA

• Various available electrodes (including glassy carbon, platinum, graphite, gold, and many others)

• 1 mL, 2 mL, 5 mL, 10 mL, and 20 mL reaction vessel sizes

• Able to run up to 6 reaction vessels at once

• Can stir reaction vessels from 50 to 1,500 RPM

Reaction Calorimeter

• 10 to 1,000 mL usable reactor volume

• Capable of measuring power as low as ± 0.1 W

• Operational at isothermal, isoperibolic, constant or ramp heat flow, and temperature scanning modes

• Stirring from 30 to 1,200 RPM

• Capable of operating under difficult conditions such as reflux or at phase changes