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Sophisticated Analytical Instrument Facility, Mumbai


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Instruments make Model Major Specifications/ Accessories available Type of measurement/analysis available Current Status Lab Contact Details
1Mass Spectrometry
High Resolution Orbitrap Liquid Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer Thermo Fischer Scientific Pte. Ltd. Q-Exactive Plus Biopharma - High Resolution Orbitrap Specification : 1) Vanquish UHPLC for small molecules & Nano-HPLC for large molecules 2) Direct Infusion Mass with ESI & APCI (Positive & Negative mode ionization 3) Quarternary UHPLC with Variable Wavelength Detector Mass Spectrometer 4) Nano HPLC (Micro fluidic column) -Mass spectrometer Qualitative Analysis & Quantitative Analysis Working
Converner : Dr. Mayuri Gandhi
Contact No : 022 2576 8692
Email Id : mngandhi@iitb.ac.in
Technical Staff : Ms. Priyanka Jain
Contact No : 4682
Email Id : priyankaj@iitb.ac.in
Technical Staff : Mrs. Pradyna Nikam
Contact No : 022 2576 4667
Email Id : pradnyaj@iitb.ac.in
Technical Staff : Ms. Manali Jadhav
Contact No : 022 2576 4667
Email Id : manaliv@iitb.ac.in
HR LC-MS/MS (Q-TOF) Agilent Technologies, USA 1290 Infinity UHPLC System,1260 infinity Nano HPLC with Chipcube, 6550 iFunnel Q-TOFs Nano HPLC, Mass range: 50-3200 amu, resolution 40000FWHM, Mass accuracy: less than 9 ppm, ESI & APCI source Analysis of small molecules and large molecules; Direct infusion mass analysis Working
Converner : Dr. Mayuri Gandhi
Contact No : 022 2576 8692
Email Id : mngandhi@iitb.ac.in
Technical Staff : Ms. Priyanka Jain
Contact No : 4682
Email Id : priyankaj@iitb.ac.in
Technical Staff : Mrs. Pradyna Nikam
Contact No : 022 2576 4667
Email Id : pradnyaj@iitb.ac.in
Technical Staff : Ms. Manali Jadhav
Contact No : 022 2576 4667
Email Id : manaliv@iitb.ac.in
Liquid Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer Varian Inc, USA 410 Prostar Binary LC with 500 MS IT PDA Detectors. Binary HPLC, ESI & APCI ionization techniques, Range 50 to 2000 amu; Accessories: PDA detector, HPCL-PDA-Mass in series can be done Organic compound analysis, impurity profiling, metabolite studies, etc. Especially compound which can not come out from GC column can be done. Instrument Down
Converner : Dr. Mayuri Gandhi
Contact No : 022 2576 8692
Email Id : mngandhi@iitb.ac.in
Technical Staff : Ms. Priyanka Jain
Contact No : 4682
Email Id : priyankaj@iitb.ac.in
Technical Staff : Mrs. Pradyna Nikam
Contact No : 022 2576 4667
Email Id : pradnyaj@iitb.ac.in
Technical Staff : Ms. Manali Jadhav
Contact No : 022 2576 4667
Email Id : manaliv@iitb.ac.in
Technical Staff : Ms. Pallavi Khapre
Contact No : 022 2576 4682/4675
Email Id : pallaviag@iitb.ac.in
Laser Ablation ICP Mass Spectrometer Element XR Thermo Fisher Scientific, Germany Quantification Limit: better than 1 ppt; Mass Range; 1 to 260 amu; Resolution: 300, 4000, 10000; Laser ablation 213nm Analysis of elements in soil, rock, plants, effluents, water, chemicals, environmental, metallurgical, biological/clinical and pharmaceutical samples. Instrument Down
Converner : Dr. Gajender Saini
Contact No : 22- 2159 6481
Email Id : gsaini@iitb.ac.in
Technical Staff : Ms. Vinita Shetty
Contact No : 022 2576 4661
Email Id : vinitas@iitb.ac.in
Technical Staff : Ms. Reshma Shinde
Contact No : 022 2576 4664
Email Id : reshmas@iitb.ac.in
Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer PHI TRIFTV NANO TOF Physical Electronics Mass Range: 0 to 2000 amu;Mass Resolution : 9000(m/Am, FWHM) Analysis of all conducting, semi conducting and insulating solids;orParallel detection of atomic and molecular species, both organic and inorganic;Detection and resolution of all elements & isotopes;Identification of high mass organic molecules;Sensitivities down to ppb;2D & 3D Characterization. Instrument Down
Converner : Mr. Naresh Ambati
Contact No : 22- 2576 7691
Email Id : naresh.ambati@iitb.ac.in
Converner : Mr. Naresh Ambati
Contact No : 22- 2576 7691
Email Id : naresh.ambati@iitb.ac.in
Converner : Dr. C.S. Harendranath
Contact No : 022 2576 7696
Email Id : cshnath@iitb.ac.in
Technical Staff : Mr. Nilesh Marle
Contact No : 022 2576 4675
Email Id : nileshmarle@iitb.ac.in
GC-HR Mass Spectrometer JEOL AccuTOF GCV Mass range : 4 to 4000; Resolution : 6000 FWHM, GCMS both EI & CI DIPMS Analysis of Volatile organic mixtures & organic Compounds Working
Converner : Dr. Mayuri Gandhi
Contact No : 022 2576 8692
Email Id : mngandhi@iitb.ac.in
Technical Staff : Mrs. Sharlet Joseph
Contact No : 022 2576 4696
Email Id : sharlet@iitb.ac.in
Technical Staff : Mrs. Pradyna Nikam
Contact No : 022 2576 4667
Email Id : pradnyaj@iitb.ac.in
Technical Staff : Ms. Yukta Durve
Contact No : 022 2576 4696
Email Id : sonali@iitb.ac.in
Technical Staff : Ms. Reshma Shinde
Contact No : 022 2576 4664
Email Id : reshmas@iitb.ac.in
2Microscopy
FEG Scanning Electron Microscope JEOL JSM 7600F Ultra high resolution FE-SEM; SEI resolution; 1nm (15 KV); 1.5 nm (1 KV), Magnification; X25 to 1000000; Acc. Voltage: 0.1KV to 30 KV; Probe current: 1 pA to 200 nA; WDS and EDS attachment Surface morphology; Chemical composition on micro area; Nano Analysis; EDS for chemical composition & WDS for trace element analysis; Charcterisation of nano structure at very low electron energy, analysis of a volume as small as few tens of nanometers. Working
Converner : Mr. Naresh Ambati
Contact No : 22- 2576 7691
Email Id : naresh.ambati@iitb.ac.in
Converner : Mr. Naresh Ambati
Contact No : 22- 2576 7691
Email Id : naresh.ambati@iitb.ac.in
Converner : Dr. C.S. Harendranath
Contact No : 022 2576 7696
Email Id : cshnath@iitb.ac.in
Converner : Dr. Mayuri Gandhi
Contact No : 022 2576 8692
Email Id : mngandhi@iitb.ac.in
Technical Staff : Mr. Nilesh Marle
Contact No : 022 2576 4675
Email Id : nileshmarle@iitb.ac.in
Technical Staff : Mrs. Princy Denis
Contact No : 022 2576 4390
Email Id : princy@iitb.ac.in
Technical Staff : Mrs. Mayura Sameer
Contact No : 022 2576 4678
Email Id : mayurasule@iitb.ac.in
Technical Staff : Mr. Ashish Karale
Contact No : 022 2576 4678
Email Id : karaleashish111@iitb.ac.in
Focused Ion Beam -Scanning Electron Microscope Thermoscientific Helios 5 UC Working
Converner : Mr. Naresh Ambati
Contact No : 22- 2576 7691
Email Id : naresh.ambati@iitb.ac.in
Technical Staff : Mrs. Princy Denis
Contact No : 022 2576 4390
Email Id : princy@iitb.ac.in
Technical Staff : Mr. Ashish Karale
Contact No : 022 2576 4678
Email Id : karaleashish111@iitb.ac.in
Field Emission Gun-Transmission Electron Microscope 300 Kv FEI Tecnai G2, F30 Working
Converner : Mr. Naresh Ambati
Contact No : 22- 2576 7691
Email Id : naresh.ambati@iitb.ac.in
Converner : Mr. Naresh Ambati
Contact No : 22- 2576 7691
Email Id : naresh.ambati@iitb.ac.in
Converner : Dr. C.S. Harendranath
Contact No : 022 2576 7696
Email Id : cshnath@iitb.ac.in
Technical Staff : Mrs. Bharati Patro
Contact No : 022 2576 4698
Email Id : bharati@iitb.ac.in
Technical Staff : Mrs. Aaradhana Pant
Contact No : 4690
Email Id : aaradhana@iitb.ac.in
Technical Staff : Mrs. Princy Denis
Contact No : 022 2576 4390
Email Id : princy@iitb.ac.in
Technical Staff : Mr. Amit Kumbhar
Contact No : 022 2676 7694/4698
Email Id : amitkumbhar@iitb.ac.in
3Organic Elemental Analysis
CHNSO Elemental Analyzer Thermo Finnigan, Italy FLASH EA 1112 Series The CHNS(O) Analyzer find utility in determining the percentages of Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Sulphur and Oxygen of organic compounds, based on the principle of "Dumas method" which involves the complete and instantaneous oxidation of the sample by "flash combustion". The combustion products are separated by a chromatographic column and detected by the thermal conductivity detector (T.C.D.), which gives an output signal proportional to the concentration of the individual components of the mixture. Estimation of CHN/CHNS/O in percentage level to high concentration level.
Volatile liquid and solid preparation accessory
Working
Converner : Dr. Mayuri Gandhi
Contact No : 022 2576 8692
Email Id : mngandhi@iitb.ac.in
Technical Staff : Ms. Priyanka Jain
Contact No : 4682
Email Id : priyankaj@iitb.ac.in
Technical Staff : Mrs. Pradyna Nikam
Contact No : 022 2576 4667
Email Id : pradnyaj@iitb.ac.in
Technical Staff : Ms. Pallavi Khapre
Contact No : 022 2576 4682/4675
Email Id : pallaviag@iitb.ac.in
4Other Areas/Facilities
Stylus Profilometer Bruker DektakXT Working
Technical Staff : Mr. Nilesh Marle
Contact No : 022 2576 4675
Email Id : nileshmarle@iitb.ac.in
FT-IR Imaging System Bruker, Germany 3000 Hyperion Microscope with Vertex 80 FTIR System 128x128 Focal Plane Array range 900 cm 1 to 4000 cm-1; Single point MCT 300x300 u range 400 cm-1 to 4000 cm-1; Imaging by transmission or reflectance; Variable temperature stage. Analysis of organic & inorganic compound, polymers, coatings, paints, surface analysis; Micro FTIR Working
Converner : Dr. Mayuri Gandhi
Contact No : 022 2576 8692
Email Id : mngandhi@iitb.ac.in
Technical Staff : Ms. Priyanka Jain
Contact No : 4682
Email Id : priyankaj@iitb.ac.in
Technical Staff : Mrs. Pradyna Nikam
Contact No : 022 2576 4667
Email Id : pradnyaj@iitb.ac.in
Technical Staff : Ms. Pallavi Khapre
Contact No : 022 2576 4682/4675
Email Id : pallaviag@iitb.ac.in
5Resonance Methods (NMR/EPR/Mossbaur Spectroscopy)
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer 600 MHz JEOL, JAPAN ECZR Series 600 MHz NMR SPECTROMETER Spectrometer Frequency: 600 MHz Solution State Probes: i) Royal Probe ii) TH5 Probe Solid State CP MAS Probe: i) 3.2mm rotor with fast MAS Auto Sample Changer Delta NMR Data Processing Software. Proton N M R, 13C & other X nuclei & 2D N M R or Special 1D N M R experiments, solid state NMR , ,Di-Methyl Formamide (DMF) Working
Converner : Dr. Mayuri Gandhi
Contact No : 022 2576 8692
Email Id : mngandhi@iitb.ac.in
Converner : Mrs. Nutan Agadi
Contact No : 022 2576 4363
Email Id : nmagadi@iitb.ac.in
Technical Staff : Ms. Meenal Jadhav
Contact No : 022 2576 4363/ 4663
Email Id : meenaljadhav@iitb.ac.in
Electron Spin Resonance Spectrometer (JEOL) JEOL, Japan , JES - FA200 ESR Spectrometer with X and Q band Aqueous cell, Sample Angular Rotation device, Electrochemical cell, UV irradiation, sample mixing cell. EStandard Frequency (X band) - 8.75-9.65 GHz Sensitivity - 7x109 spins/0.1mT Resolution - 2.35(micro)T or better Temperature study - Any temp. from +200oC to liquid nitrogen temp. Working
Converner : Dr. Mayuri Gandhi
Contact No : 022 2576 8692
Email Id : mngandhi@iitb.ac.in
Technical Staff : Mrs. Vrindha Vishwanathan
Contact No : 022 2576 4665
Email Id : vrindha@iitb.ac.in
Technical Staff : Mrs. Bharati Patro
Contact No : 022 2576 4698
Email Id : bharati@iitb.ac.in
Technical Staff : Mr. Nilesh Marle
Contact No : 022 2576 4675
Email Id : nileshmarle@iitb.ac.in
6Thermal Analysis System
Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) Hitachi DSC7020 Working
Converner : Mrs. Nutan Agadi
Contact No : 022 2576 4363
Email Id : nmagadi@iitb.ac.in
Technical Staff : Ms. Meenal Jadhav
Contact No : 022 2576 4363/ 4663
Email Id : meenaljadhav@iitb.ac.in
Simultaneous Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGADTA) Hitachi NEXTA STA300 Working
Converner : Mrs. Nutan Agadi
Contact No : 022 2576 4363
Email Id : nmagadi@iitb.ac.in
Technical Staff : Ms. Meenal Jadhav
Contact No : 022 2576 4363/ 4663
Email Id : meenaljadhav@iitb.ac.in
Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer Netzsch DMA 242 E Artemis Damping characteristics and viscoelastic behaviour. Polymer structure and morphology. Glass transition temperature Tg. Primary & secondary relaxation behaviour. Crystallization processes. Influence of fillers in polymers, etc. Working
Converner : Mrs. Nutan Agadi
Contact No : 022 2576 4363
Email Id : nmagadi@iitb.ac.in
Technical Staff : Ms. Meenal Jadhav
Contact No : 022 2576 4363/ 4663
Email Id : meenaljadhav@iitb.ac.in
7X-Ray based Methods
Small-angle X-ray scattering Xenocs SAS Xeuss 2.0 Capillary Flow Cell High temperature sample Stage (-150 oC to 350 oC) Tensile Stage (0-200N) with humidity : Operating temperature range: -150 oC to +250 oC without the relative humidity Generator Multisample holders for powder and gels Multipurpose X-ray Temperature stage (-30 oC to 150 oC) Capillary cells of different sizes High Pressure cell GiSAXS module Shear Cell System ( ambient to 350 oC) Analyze samples in various environments (ambient, low and high temperature, high pressure, and flow conditions). Working
Converner : Dr. Gajender Saini
Contact No : 22- 2159 6481
Email Id : gsaini@iitb.ac.in
Technical Staff : Ms. Vinita Shetty
Contact No : 022 2576 4661
Email Id : vinitas@iitb.ac.in
Technical Staff : Ms. Reshma Shinde
Contact No : 022 2576 4664
Email Id : reshmas@iitb.ac.in