Technicians in charge: Roberta Ceravola (TA) and Julio Fraile (BET)
Scientists in charge: Amparo Fuertes, Nora Ventosa

SCIENTIFIC & TECHNICAL SERVICES

Thermal Analysis (ATG/DSC) and Surface Area Analysis (BET)

The Thermal Analysis and Surface Area Analysis Service is used for the study of the behavior of materials when temperature changes under different conditions and atmospheres, and for studies of surface area and porosity. The Service allows for simultaneous thermogravimetric analysis (TGA- DSC/DTA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), as well as Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) Surface Area Analysis.

Scientific equipment available

Thermal Analysis
  • NETZSCH -STA 449 F1 Jupiter: Allows for simultaneous thermogravimetric analysis (TG) and differential scanning calorimetry/differential thermal analysis (DSC/DTA).
  • Perkin Elmer DSC8500 LAB SYS (N5340501): A differential scanning calorimeter with DSC power compensation, equipped with a CRYOFILL (N534004) liquid N2
  • Perkin Elmer DSC8000 (N5340511): A differential scanning calorimeter with DSC power compensation, equipped with Intercooler 2 Cooling Accessory (N5374099)
  • Perkin Elmer Pyris 1 TGA Thermogravimetric Analyzer
BET Surface Area Analysis
  • Micromeritics ASAP 2000 (N2): Accelerated Surface Area and Porosimetry System using nitrogen as adsorption/desorption gas.
  • Micromeritics ASAP 2020 (N2, Ar, CO2): Accelerated Surface Area and Porosimetry System using either nitrogen, argon or carbon dioxide as adsorption/desorption gas.

USE OF THE SERVICE IN 2020

The ATG-DSC/DTA Netzsch equipment has processed 109 samples in 218 experiments (89 % internal users), and the DSC equipment, 97 samples (19 % internal users). This corresponds to 16 internal users from 6 ICMAB research groups and 9 external users from 5 companies, 1 spin-off, 2 research centers and 1 university.

The BET Surface Area Analysis equipment has processed 350 samples of 23 users: 87 % internal users from 9 Research Groups with an average of 17 samples per user, and 13 % external users, from companies (5 samples) and the UAB Analytical Chemistry Department (5 samples)

Outreach, publications and projects in which the service has participated

Green and Solvent-Free Supercritical CO2-Assisted Production of Superparamagnetic Graphene Oxide Aerogels: Application as a Superior Contrast Agent in MRI
Alejandro Borrás, Julio Fraile, Albert Rosado, Gregorio Marbán, Gerard Tobias, Ana M. López-Periago, Concepcion Domingo
ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2020, 8, 4877−4888 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c00149

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