Our laboratory has a wide range of equipment to support basic research in different disciplines. The laboratory provides analytical, formulation/preformulation and quality control support to the school of pharmacy faculty and their researchers. It also provides support to other University of Waterloo faculties, various external faculties and pharmaceutical companies. Below is a list of some of the equipment that we have to support our research work.
- LABCONCO Freeze Dryer System (Freezone 2.5 Liter Freeze Dry Systems) - Model 76700 Series
- UV-2100 Spectrophotometer
- Isotemp® Vacuum Oven, Model 280A, Fisher Scientific Equipped with 2 stage Vacuum Pump Model VP2D
- The Lauda TE3 Tensiometer for Interfacial Tension Measurement
- Kruss Force Tensiometer K100 - Latest Precise model for analyzing surfactants and solid surfaces
- Varioskan LUX Multimode Microplate Reader - Thermofisher Scientific
- Brinkmann Rotavapor Controller for Rotating Lab Flask Evaporator
- VWR Symphony™ Water Bath
- Mettler-Toledo Conductivity Meter
- Malvern Zetasizer Nano ZS. For measurement of Droplet Size and Zeta Potential
- m-VROC™ Rheosense Viscometer for measuring viscosity
- Isothermal Titration Calorimetry (ITC) to characterize thermodynamics and stoichiometry of intermolecular interactions
- Fisher Scientific Isotemp™ Digital Water Bath with controllable multiple temperature settings
- HPLC System (equipped with Waters Alliance e2695 separation module; waters 2489 UV/visible detector) and using Empower Software
- Dissolution apparatuses (Vision® Classic 6™ Dissolution Testers -Hanson) equipped with Paddle and Basket for dissolution testing in accordance with compendia requirements
- Vacuum Filtration Pump Welch 25222 - 01 115V 60Hz
- VWR Benchtop Centrifuges
- Sartorius Analytical balances
- Brewster Angle Microscopy (BAM) for monolayer analysis and Langmuir film characterization
- Fisher Scientific Vortex Mixers
- Thermo Scientific™ Orion™ 3 - Star Bench Top pH meters
- KSV NIMA PM-IRRAS (Polarization-Modulation Infrared Reflection-Absorption Spectroscopy) for surface characterization of monolayers, e.g. used to deduce molecular absorption/desorption behavior and kinetics, molecular packing, phase transitions, hydration, hydrogen bonding and different surface reactions at surface interphases
- Radleys Carousel 6 Plus Reaction Station™
- Branson 3510 Ultrasonic Bath