At LTD, among others, the following research equipment is available.

NMR Spectroscopy

• 400 MHz NMR spectrometer with autosampler and Prodigy cryo unit
• 400 MHz NMR spectrometer with flow and micro mixer sample heads
• 300 MHz Wide Bore NMR spectrometer with micro-imaging and diffusion probe heads
• Facility for Overhauser Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (DNP)
• 42 MHz Benchtop NMR Spectrometer
• EPR spectrometer

Analytics

• UV/VIS spectrometer
• HPLC systems with autosampler (analytical and preparative)
• Ion chromatograph
• Gas chromatographs (GC), with WLD, FID and autosampler
• Raman spectrometer
• Drop shape analysis system (surface tension, wetting angle)
• Temperature and pressure calibration
• Titration stands
• dn/dc measurement apparatus (light scattering static and dynamic)
• Osmometers
• Density and viscosity meters
• Thermal conductivity meter

Lab Robotics

• Automated Karl Fischer Titration
• Modular pipetting robot for microtiter plates with UV/VIS/NIR analysis
• Laboratory robot for weighing of liquid substances

Calorimetry

• Isothermal Microtitration Calorimeter (ITC)
• Calvet calorimeter
• Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC)

Phase equilibrium apparatus

• Pure vapor pressure apparatus
• Cottrell circulation apparatus (vapor-liquid equilibrium)
• Thin film evaporator / rotating coil apparatus (vapor-liquid equilibrium)
• Headspace gas chromatograph (gas solubility)
• High pressure sight cells (gas solubility, analytical and synthetic)

Reactors

• Tapping tube reactor
• Batch reactors
• Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor (CSTR)
• High pressure reactor

Laboratory and pilot plants

• Pilot plant for the separation of carbon dioxide from flue gases (absorption / desorption)
• Distillation column with process control system (pilot plant)
• Batch distillation plant with process control system
• Laminar jet chamber
• Benchplant cold plasma

General laboratory equipment

• Glovebox with controlled inert gas atmosphere and pressure regulation
• Centrifuges
• Pure / ultrapure water plant
• Laboratory rinsing machine
• Micro-precision, analytical and industrial scales
• Temperature control cabinets

Workshop

• Basic equipment for metalworking and assembly

IT equipment

Hardware

• Powerful Linux computing servers
• Numerous computer workstations for employees and students
• Access to high performance computers
  • HLRS - Stuttgart
  • LRZ - University of Munich (SuperMUC)
  • RHRK - University of Kaiserslautern (ELWE)

Software

• Aspen (process simulation)
• Chemasim (process simulation)
• gamessUS (quantum chemistry)
• gProms (mathematics)
• Gromacs (molecular dynamics)
• Matlab (mathematics)
• ls1 mardyn (in-house development: molecular dynamics simulation of large systems)
    (http://www.ls1-mardyn.de)
• MedeA (molecular simulation and quantum mechanics)
• MegaMol (visualization)
• ms2 (in-house development: molecular simulation of thermodynamic material data)
    (http://www.ms-2.de)