MOST is able to provide various services to the other structures of the University and to the external community.
Technical expertises
| type of request | Contact person | |
| Solid state analysis of active pharmaceutical ingredients and small organic compounds | Prof Tom Leyssens | 010/47.28.11 |
| Phase identification, structural characterisation by X-ray diffraction | Prof Yaroslav Filinchuk | 010/47.28.13 |
| Scaling-up in the preparation of heterogeneous catalysts and inorganic solids | Prof Eric Gaigneaux | 010/47.36.65 |
| Inorganic solids: catalytic activity measurements and physico-chemical characterization | Prof Eric Gaigneaux | 010/47.36.65 |
The electromechanic workshop
The electromechanic workshop is open to all customers and provides customized services.
Management: Prof Eric Gaigneaux + 32 10 47 36 65
Contact persons: Mr Axel Willems +32 10 47 29 25
Mr Pascal Valvassori +32 10 47 36 54
The glass-blowing workshop
The glass-blowing workshop is open to all customers and provides customized services.
Contact person: Mr Jacques Neumann +32 10 47 28 32
The Lavoisier store
The Lavoisier store is open to all customers and provides bio-chemical and chemical products.
Management: Prof R. Robiette +32 10 47 91 76
Contact persons: Mr Pascal Colson +32 10 47 45 48
Mrs Jessica Venicx +32 10 47 28 34
Available equipment
The research division benefits from a large panel of equipments, some of them gathered within technology platforms like
- ASM: Molecular structural analysis
- SUCH: Surface characterization
- LASO : Lasers and optics (Prof Clément Lauzin).
Other available equipment:
- Chromatography
- GC - FPLC - GPC
- HPLC : several analytical chains and 2 medium pressure preparatory equipments (PROCHROM)
- combinatory HPLC with Robot SK233
- X-Ray Diffraction on single-crystals and powders (ASM)
- A versatile diffractometer with an Image Plate detector MAR345
- Rotating Mo and Cu anodes
- Programmable gas blower "Oxford Cryostream 700" (80-400 K)
- Siemens D5000 powder diffractometer
- Synchrotrons, e.g. ESRF (Grenoble) and SLS (PSI, Villigen)
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (ASM)
- Bruker AVANCE 500MHz (2)
- Bruker AVANCE II 300MHz (2)
- Mass spectrometry (ASM)
- Finnigan TSQ 7000 triple quadrupole
- Finnigan LCQ Ion Trap
- Finnigan TSQ Quantum
- Finnigan Exactive Orbitrap
- ToF-SIMS (SUCH)
- PHI-EVANS TRIFT 1 instrument
- ION-TOF V instrument
- XPS - ESCA (SUCH)
- Kratos Axis Ultra spectrometer from Kratos Analytical (UK): monochromatized AlKα X-ray beam, Al/Mg non monochromatized twin anode, XPS imaging, catalyst cell (maximum 800°C), sample cooling (~160°C) in both introduction and analysis chamber, ion gun, parking chamber, automatic sample analysis.
- SSX 100/206 spectrometer from Surface Science Instruments (USA): monochromatized and microfocused AlKα X-ray beam, parking chamber, automatic sample analyis.
- Spectrometry
- FTIR, DRIFT, UV-Visible, close IR (transmittance and reflectance)
- Varian Cary eclipse
- Fluorimetry SLM48000S et with optical fibers
- SPEX Fluorolog FL3-22
- Single photon timing with laser
- Confocal and wide-field microscopy
- Atomic absorption, Potentiometry, Voltametry
- FT-Raman spectrometry with a catalytic cell (excitation 1064nm)
- Raman spectrometry RenishawR1000 (excitation 785nm)
- Spectrometry: gamma with a germanium-lithium detector
- RPE spectrometry
- Liquid scintillation spectrometry
- Mössbauer spectrometry (emission and d'absorption) at variable temperature
Others
- Supercritical CO2 reactor
- Chemisorption (ammoniac, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, oxygen)
- TPD, TPR, TPO
- Microelectrophoresis
- Lyophilisator with eutectic monitor to determine melting and freezing temperatures
- Contact angle measurement
- Several polyvalent microreactors: atmospheric and high pressure, gas phase, liguid phase
- Operando reactor combining UV-Vis, Raman, micro-GC and MS measurements
- Electrobalance
- Glove box
- Dipolemeter, automatic viscosimetry, osmometry, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)
- Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)
- Hermetic vessel for inert atmospheres
- Mesurement of specific surface, of porosity (gas adsorption) and of the size of particules
- Ultra-cryostat -90 to +100°C
- Microwave oven
In case you would like to benefit from the expertise associated to one of the techniques mentioned above, please get in touch with one of the contact persons.