Advanced chromatographic solution for combined polymer and small molecule characterization

Åbo Akademi University intends to purchase a complete advanced chromatographic solution for combined polymer and small molecule characterization. The instrument will be used for molecular weight determination (SEC/GPC) and structural analysis of natural and synthetic polymers as well as for reversed phase LC-MS analysis.

Åbo Akademi University intends to purchase a complete advanced chromatographic solution for combined polymer and small molecule characterization. The instrument will be used for molecular weight determination (SEC/GPC) and structural analysis of natural and synthetic polymers as well as for reversed phase LC-MS analysis. The multidetector package must include ultraviolet (UV), mass (MS), refractive index (RI), viscosity (IV), and light scattering (LS) detectors. The facile change between reversed phase LC-UV-MS and SEC-UV-MS-RI-IV-LS is required. The SEC/GPC system must be suitable for the analysis of relatively low molecular weight polyphenols, lignins and sugars soluble in water and other polar solvents , but also for low and high molecular weight polymers soluble in THF or DCM. The instrument will be placed in the new Aurum building in Turku.