Equipment

Technical Infrastructure and Equipment

Various potentiostats for potentiodynamic and potenitostatic EC (Autolab, Bio-logic, Gamry, Jaissle, Solartron, Zennium,…)
Fast-response & high-frequency pulse potentiostats
Bipotentiostatic measurements (Autolab)
Low- and ultra-low current setups for electrochemical single nanoparticle analysis (npi, Elements)
High current / high potential potentiostats
Software
- Comsol – finite elements simulations
- DigiElch
- ORCA – DFT simulations
Electrochemical Quartz Crystal microbalance
Rotating disc setups (Glassy carbon and Pt electrodes)
Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
Scanning Electrochemical Cell Microscope (probes with microscopic fingerprint)
Scanning Ion Microscopy
Scanning Electrochemical Microscope (Au and Pt microelectrodes, 10 um resolution)
Semiautomatic polishing machine

Scanning Electron microscopy (FEI eSEM Dual Beam™ Quanta 3D FEG), incl. EDX, environmental cell, temperature control
Atomic Force Microscopy
- JPK Nanowizard, Electrochemical AFM, MFM, conductive-AFM, force-distance measurements
- Bruker Resolve, PeakForce Tapping, Electrochemical AFM, MFM, conductive-AFM, force-distance measurements
Surface Plasmon-Resonance (Autolab Twingle, standard and EC cuvette)
Optical microscopy (Zeiss, Axioscope, Bresser)
Darkfield microscopy
ATR-SEIRAS spectroelectrochemistry (Veemax III and Jackfish Cell)
Microscopic FTIR in reflectance/transmission mode

DLS and Zeta-potential measurements
- Malvern, Zetasizer Nano ZS
- Wyatt, DynaPro NanoStar
UV-vis spectrometry
- Agilent Cary 60
- Eppendorf BioSpectrometer
SEM & EDX (FEI, Quanta 3D FEG)

Laser puller (PL-2000 Sutter) for borosilicate and quartz nanopipettes preparation
Crucible-heated microelectrode sealing (soda lime and borosilicate glass)
Laser-assisted sealing of metal nanoelectrodes (platinum in quartz)
Multi-electrode options starting from multi-barrel electrodes