Project

Size-exclusion chromatography with light scattering detection (SEC-LS)

Code
bof/bas/2025/139
Duration
01 December 2025 → 30 November 2027
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Supramolecular chemistry
    • Synthesis of materials
    • Macromolecular and materials chemistry not elsewhere classified
Keywords
advanced functional polymers polymer analysis molar mass distribution
 
Project description

This proposal requests a size-exclusion chromatograph with light scattering detector for use with polar organic solvents to analyze the molar mass and molar mass distribution of newly synthesized polymers, to replace a 15 year old device that has been running continuously for 15 years and is showing early signs of an upcoming breakdown. The molar mass of polymers is a crucial characteristic that determines many intrinsic properties and, therefore, it is important to accurately determine the molar mass, for which a light scattering detector is indispensable. The requested device will be at the basis of all research in the supramolecular chemistry group that develops and designs advanced functional materials for a wide range of (bio)medical applications based on molecular engineering of the chemical building blocks. The requested device is a high pressure SEC with light scattering detector, allowing to change to green solvents and to significantly reducethe solvent consumption.