Chemistry laboratory

The function of the chemistry laboratory is to ensure technical and scientific support to the users for the preparation required in the beamline experiments and furthermore to provide the infrastructure needed for in-house research projects in the field of chemistry and materials science.
 

This chemistry laboratory is dedicated to the preparation of sample that will be used for projects on the beamlines at SOLEIL.

 Running

• Secured access with badge. 
• The lab can be used 24 hours per day, by users or scientists who request it. 
• The technical team will be present only during the normal hours of operation (on Monday to Friday). However, it’s possible for certain experiences called ‘red’ by the safety group to have the need the presence of the manager or the local contact. (e.g. manipulations in inert atmosphere or hazardous experiments realized at the lab). In that case, you will have to make sure of the availability of staff before your arrival.

 Applying for access

• While completing the SUN set the main proposer has to declare if he/she intends to use this chemistry lab.

If the project is accepted, the main proposer must get in touch with the laboratory manager.

• Then, one month before the arrival and no later, he/she confirms the access request, on-line on SUN set and details the needs: 
  - scientific equipment as available,
  - chemicals and materials intented to be used,
  - activities that you plan to carry out in the laboraty,
  - request for technical support,

The request is then validated by the person in charge of the laboratory.

 Services
The technical team offers a scientific and technical support (seek of advice/expertise concerning experimental set-ups; feasibility of experiments). All infrastructure, equipment and chemicals are available to prepare your samples.

 Equipment

• Fume-hoods
• Bench-top space
• Sink
• Oven (220 °C)
• Fume cupboards
• Cabinets for acids/bases
• Basic glove box
• Glove bag
• Fridge/freezer
• Ultrasonic cleaner (7-10L)
• Dessicators
• Balance (précision scale à 10mg)
• Balance (précision scale 1/10mg)
• pH meter
• Optical microscope
• Ultrapure Water
• Stirrers
• Sieves
• Shakers /vortex
• Hot plates
• Thermometer
• Flasks
• Verrerie de synthèse
• Syringes
• Flasks and accessories in PTFE
• Mortars
• Pellet equipment/press
• Vacuum-filtering flask device
• DSC (in collaboration with the beamline  SAMBA)
• Raman Spectrometer (in collaboration with the beamline  SAMBA)
• Raman Microscope 
• UV/Visible Spectrometer (in collaboration with the beamline  SAMBA)

This lab is dedicated to the scientific achievement of in house projects in the field of chemistry and Material sciences.

 Running

• Secured access with badge.
• Access requests to this laboratory must be justified by very specific needs (when specific equipment is not available in the chem lab for sample). The decision will be made by the chem lab manager.
• Acess mode: -From Monday to Friday during opening hours: from 8:30 to 17:30, by appointment with the manager only. Also exceptionally outside this schedule, in the presence of the manager or the local contact.

 Applying for access

• While completing the SUN set the main proposer has to declare if he/she intends to use this chemistry lab.

If the project is accepted, the main proposer must get in touch with the laboratory manager.

• Then one month before the arrival and no later, he/she confirms the access request, on-line on SUN set and details the needs : 
  - scientific equipment as available,
  - The chemicals and materials intended to be  used,
  - activities that you planto carry out in the laboraty,
  - request for technical support,

The request is then validated by the person in charge of the laboratory.

 Services

The technical team offers a scientific and technical support. (e.g.seek of advice/expertise concerning experimental set-ups; feasibility of experiments). All infrastructure, equipment and chemicals are available to do general chemistry experiments.

 Equipment

• Fume-hoods
• Bench-top space
• Sink
• Oven (220 °C)
• Fume cupboards
• Cabinets for acids/bases
• Basic glove box in stainless steel for syntheses
• Fridge/freezer
• Ultrasonic cleaner (7-10L)
• Dessicators
• Balance (précision scale 1/10mg)
• pH meter
• Ultrapure Water
• Stirrers
• Sieves
• Shakers /vortex
• Hot plates
• Thermometer
• Flasks
• Flasks
• Flasks of syntheses
• Syringes
• Flasks and accessories in PTFE
• Mortars
• Centrifuge
• Vacuum oven/ atmosphere controlled (1100°Cmax)
• Muffule
• Lyophilyze 

• All the chemicals and materials necessary for samples preparation have to be declared on-line. Each sample must be identified and must have been specifically declared according to is nature (cf.Samples and substances declaration).
• Only gases and chemicals approved by the safety group of SOLEIL synchrotron can be used.
• Each sample or handled chemical product has to be labelled. The following information has to be mentioned:
  - The name of the product,
  - The date,
  - The name of the project and phone number of persons to be contacted.
• Warnings and indications in the laboratory must be respected.
• Individual protection against hazardous substances must be used for any handling (lab-coats, gloves, glasses, steel toed shoes and working under fume hood if necessary).
• Handling hazardous chemicals alone in the laboratory is forbidden.
• Chemical waste must be disposed of in suitable containers (separation of inflammable products, acid, halogenous solvents...)
• Any drinking or any eating in the room is forbidden. 

 Collaborations:

Participation in the research program « CAPES-COFECLUB » on the topic « physicochemistry of ceramic and hybrid multipurpose materials ».

 Publications : 

 
•  2010
Kaminski, R.C., Pulcinelli, S.H., santilli, C.V., Meneau,F., Blanchandin,S., & Briois,V.
Thermo-reversible sol-gel transition of TiO2 nanoparticles with surface modified by toluene sulfonic acid
Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 2010,30(2) : 193-198
Molina, E.F., Pulcinelli, S.H., Santilli, C.V., Blanchandin, S., & Briois,V.
Controlled Cisplatin Delivery from Ureasil-PEO1900 Hybrid Matrix
Journal of Physical chemistry B, 2010,114(10): 3461-3466

• 2009

Prigent, P.,Bac,S.,Blanchandin,S., Cauchon,G., David, G., Fernandez-Varela,P.,Kubsky, S., & Picca, F.
Intrumentation and Experimental Developments for the Beamlines at the Synchrotron SOLEIL
AIP Conference Proceedings, 2010,1234 : 379-382
(SRI 2009, Melbourne, Australia, 27 September-2october 2009)

• 2007

Briois V., Giorgetti, C., Baudelet, F., Blanchandin, S., Tokumoto, M.S., Pulcinelli,S.H. & Santilli,C.V.
Dynamical Study of ZnO nanocrystal and Zn-HDS layered basic Zinc Acetate Formation from Sol-Gel Route
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2007, 111(8) : 3253-3258