Prof. Dr. Clara Viñas i Teixidor
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Institut de Ciéncia de Materials de Barcelona, ICMAB-CSIC; Barcelona; Spain.
Website
Tel: +34 935801853 (ext. 242)
Fax: +34 935805729
Expertise
Boron cluster chemistry; gold nanoparticles; coordination chemistry; organometallic chemistry; electrochemistry; heteronuclear NMR; biomaterials; potentiometric sensors; conducting organic polymers; homogeneous catalysis; non-bonding weak interactions.
Equipment
• Synthesis and separation
- Microwaves reactor
- Photoreactor: Luzchem LZC-4X: equipped with 14 lamps (UVA, UVB, UVC), magnetic stirrer,
carousel for liquid samples.
- Centrifuge: Elba 21.
- Ultrasonic bath: Branson 2510
- Osmometer: Krauer equipped with a probe for organic and aqueous solvents.
- High pressure reactors i) Berghof HR 100 equipped with temperature sensor, pressure gauge
and rupture disk (pressure 100 bars, temperature 250°C). ii) Two homemade high pressure
reactors: operating at 60 atm and up to 200°C
- High dilution set-up perfusor: Secura B, Braun Mehringer Ah.: minimum 0,1 ml/h
• Spectroscopy
- Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer: Bruker AdvanceII300. i) Probe BBO 300SB BB-H-D-10.
ii) Probe QNP 300SB P/llB/C-H-D-05. iii) Probe MAS 300SB BL7. iv) B-VT2000
variable temperature. V) Probe BBI 300SH-BB-D-05Z.
- UV- visible Spectrophotometer: Shimadzu UV-1700 Pharmaspec spectrophotometer.
- Chromatographer: HPLC Hewlett Packard (HP1100): with quaternary pumping system and
with a variable wavelength detection system
- Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer: Shimadzu 8300
- MALDI-TOF-MS mass spectra: Bruker Biflex MALDI-TOF.
- Fluorescence spectrometer: Perkin-Elmer LS-45 (230V).
• Electrochemistry
- Potentiotast: i) Voltalab 80 PGZ-402 with two reference electrodes: REF 321 (Ag/Agul).
ii) Voltalab PGZ100.
- Conductimeter: Crison (basic 30).
- Potentiostat / Galvanostat: EGG Princeton Applied Research (model 273A).
- Spectroelectrochemistry (UV - vis) by connecting Shimadzu UV-1700 Pharmaspec
spectrophotometer with Voltalab PGZ100.
