Electrospun nanofibers of a copolymer consisting of polyvinylalcohol that has been crosslinked with an inorganic polymer containing phosphorus, oxygen and nitrogen only.

Adjunct Prof. Dr. Pipsa Hirva

University of Eastern Finland
Department of Chemistry
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Tel:      +358 2944 53418
Mobile: +358 50 331 0829

Expertise
Coordination compounds; transition metal complexes; extended metal atom chains; solid state structures; computational chemistry; weak interactions.

Equipment
Spectroscopy: FTIR spectrometer, two 400 MHz NMR spectrometers (probes for liquid and solid state samples), UV-vis-NIR, FTICR mass spectrometer, Ion trap-mass spectrometer
Microscopy methods: Atomic force microscopy (AFM + m-TA), Scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM) and Energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDS), Optical microscope (imaging), FTIR imaging, Integrated Raman-AFM microscopies
Thermal analysis equipments: Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), Thermo gravimetric analysis (TGA), Temperature programmed desorption (TPD), Thermal mechanical analysis (TMA), Gas adsorption
Computation clusters: Computation clusters (1800 processors), 3D printer - preparation of 3D structure models
X-ray diffraction: Diffractometers (single crystal), Diffractometer (powder), Diffractometer (protein)