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The CQC Facilities

Major infratructures:

• LaserLab

• NMR (400, 500, 600 MHz)

Other equipment:

• EPR

• Infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), including ATR accessory

• Raman spectroscopy

• Cryogenic systems to work at temperatures close to the absolute zero, which include as main component closed-cycle helium cryostats (APD-DISPLEX), capable of providing tempera-tures >= 6.5 K; Cryogenic system for continuous flux low temperature LNG experiments, with temperature controllers and vacuum systems.

• Low/high temperature cell for conventional spectroscopic studies (Specac; home made).

• Fluorescence/phosphorescence spectroscopies

• UV/vis/NIR absorpt/diffuse reflectance spectrsocopy

• Circular Dichroism (CD) Spectroscopy

• HPLC

• HPLC-MS

• GC

• GC-MS

• Calorimetry

• DSC

• Thermogravimetry

• Optical Microscopy

• Fluorescence Microscopy

• AFM
• SEM

• Computer clusters for advanced computational and theoretical studies
• Fast reaction techniques (microseconds to fs – pump-probe)

• Taylor diffusion technique

• Open-ended conductimetric capillary cell for measuring diffusion

• Flash vacuum pyrolysis

• Rheometry

• Microwave reactor including high pressure gas system for synthesis

• Dedicated equipment for thin film production, solar cell testing