The Biointerfaces Institute offers state-of-the-art equipment to its constituents, the UM research community, fellow academic institutions, and industry.

 

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Particle Characterization

Photo of the Mastersizer 2000Equipment: Mastersizer 2000
Usage: particle size distribution by laser diffraction with Hydro 2000S (~0.02 μm -600 μm)
Manufacturer: Malvern

 

Photo of the Nanosight NS300Equipment: Nanosight NS300
Usage: particle size distribution and concentration by nanoparticle tracking analysis (~10 nm -1 μm)
Manufacturer: Malvern

 

Photo of the Zetasizer Nano ZSPEquipment: Zetasizer Nano ZSP
Usage: particle size distribution by dynamic light scattering (~0.3 nm -10 μm) and zeta potential measurement
Manufacturer: Malvern

 

Photo of the Zetaview TWINEquipment: Zetaview TWIN
Usage: particle size distribution and concentration by nanoparticle tracking analysis (15 nm -1 μm) and zeta potential measurement
Manufacturer: ParticleMetrix

 

Thermal Characterization

 

Photo of Discovery 2500 Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC)Equipment: Discovery 2500 Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC)
Usage: thermal properties of materials, melting, glass transition temperatures, etc.
Manufacturer: TA Instruments

 

Photo of Discovery 5500 Thermal Gravimetric Analysis (TGA)Equipment: Discovery 5500 Thermal Gravimetric Analysis (TGA)
Usage: degradation behavior of materials
Manufacturer: TA Instruments

 

Photo of Nano DSCEquipment: Nano DSC
Usage: quantifies biomolecule thermal stability by measuring thermal changes in biomolecules, like proteins, occurring during structural changes
Manufacturer: TA Instruments

 

Photo of the Nano ITCEquipment: Nano ITC
Usage: quantifies enthalpy or entropy of reactions, for example, protein-protein interactions, to determine binding constant (Ka) and reaction energy properties
Manufacturer: TA Instruments

 

Materials Characterization

 

Photo of the Circularly Polarized Luminescence spectrometer (CPL-300).Equipment: Circularly Polarized Luminescence spectrometer (CPL-300)
Usage: excited chiral materials characterization (range 250 nm –850 nm)
Manufacturer: Jasco

 

Photo of the FluoroMax Plus spectrofluorometer.Equipment: FluoroMax Plus spectrofluorometer
Usage: fluorescent materials characterization with near IR detector (range 185 nm-1550 nm)
Manufacturer: Horiba

 

Photo of the IR-Tracer100 Fourier-Transform Infrared (FTIR).Equipment: IR-Tracer100 Fourier-Transform Infrared (FTIR)
Usage: materials characterization in the infrared (range 400 1/cm-4000 1/cm)
Manufacturer: Shimadzu

 

Photo of the J-815 Circular Dichroism (CD) spectrometer.Equipment: J-815 Circular Dichroism (CD) spectrometer
Usage: chiral materials or secondary structures of proteins (range 163 nm -900 nm)
Manufacturer: Jasco

 

Photo of the J-1700 (CD) spectrometer.Equipment: J-1700 (CD) spectrometer
Usage: chiral materials or secondary structures of proteins (range 163nm-2500nm)
Manufacturer: Jasco

 

Photo of the OpenSPR-XT surface plasmon resonance (SPR).Equipment: OpenSPR-XT surface plasmon resonance (SPR)
Usage: surface plasmon resonance (SPR) instrument that can perform automated label-free interaction analysis of biomolecules
Manufacturer: Nicoya

 

Photo of Porosimeter Autopore V (Model: 9620)Equipment: Porosimeter Autopore V (Model: 9620)
Usage: material porosity measurement by mercury intrusion for pore size distribution, pore volume etc. (pore size ~0.003 μm -500 μm)
Manufacturer: Micromeritics

 

UM INTERNAL RATES FOR USING NANOTECHNICUM INSTRUMENTS ATES FOR USING NANOTECHNICUM INSTRUMENTS OPERATION: $31/HR TRAINING:$69/PERSON/HR SERVICE:$100/HR CONSULTATION:$56/HR External ACADEMIC RATES FOR USING NANOTECHNICUM INSTRUMENTS ATES FOR USING NANOTECHNICUM INSTRUMENTS OPERATION: $47/HR TRAINING:$100/PERSON/HR SERVICE:$152/HR CONSULTATION:$82/HR EXTERNAL RATES FOR USING NANOTECHNICUM INSTRUMENTS ATES FOR USING NANOTECHNICUM INSTRUMENTS OPERATION: $65/HR TRAINING:$141/PERSON/HR SERVICE:$204/HR CONSULTATION:$128/HR

Training Requirements for Core Equipment

Training for each piece of equipment is required. Sign up for TRAINING HERE.

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You must have a FOM account to use any of the BI core equipment. Sign up for FOM HERE.

Guidelines for Publications and Acknowledgments

Publications with results obtained at the Biointerfaces Institute Nanotechnicum may state “The authors acknowledge the financial support of the University of Michigan College of Engineering, the College of Pharmacy, Dental School and the Medical School  and the Biointerfaces Institute for use of the instruments and staff assistance.”

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