Nanotechnicum
The Biointerfaces Institute (BI) offers state-of-the-art instrumentation to its constituents, the UM research community, fellow academic institutions, and industry.
Particle Characterization
Mastersizer 2000
Usage: particle size distribution by laser diffraction with Hydro 2000S (range ~0.02 μm ‐600 μm)
Manufacturer: Malvern
Nanosight NS300
Usage: particle size distribution and concentration by nanoparticle tracking analysis (range ~10 nm -1 μm)
Manufacturer: Malvern
Zetasizer Nano ZSP
Usage: particle size distribution by dynamic light scattering ( range ~0.3 nm -10 μm) and zeta potential measurement
Manufacturer: Malvern
Zetaview TWIN
Usage: particle size distribution and concentration by nanoparticle tracking analysis (range 15 nm -1 μm) and zeta potential measurement
Manufacturer: Particle Metrix
Thermal Characterization
Discovery 2500 Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC)
Usage: thermal properties of materials, melting, glass transition temperatures, etc.
Manufacturer: TA Instruments
Discovery 5500 Thermal Gravimetric Analysis (TGA)
Usage: degradation behavior of materials
Manufacturer: TA Instruments
Nano DSC
Usage: quantifies biomolecule thermal stability by measuring thermal changes in biomolecules, like proteins, occurring during structural changes
Manufacturer: TA Instruments
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
J-815 Circular Dichroism (CD) spectrometer
Usage: chiral materials or secondary structures of proteins (range 163 nm -900 nm)
Manufacturer: Jasco
J-1700 Circular Dichroism (CD) Spectrometer
Usage: chiral materials or secondary structures of proteins (range 163 nm -2500 nm)
Manufacturer: Jasco
Circularly Polarized Luminescence Spectrometer (CPL-300)
Usage: excited chiral materials characterization (range 250 nm –850 nm)
Manufacturer: Jasco
IR-Tracer100 Fourier-Transform Infrared (FTIR)
Usage: materials characterization in the infrared (range 400 1/cm-4000 1/cm)
Manufacturer: Shimadzu
FluoroMax Plus spectrofluorometer
Usage: fluorescent materials characterization with near IR detector (range 185 nm-1550 nm)
Manufacturer: Horiba
Porosimeter Autopore V (Model: 9620)
Usage: Material porosity measurement by mercury intrusion for pore size distribution, pore volume etc. (pore size range ~0.003 μm -500 μm)
Manufacturer: Micromeritics
