Freeze Dryer

Methods IOC, Bannwarth

Freeze Dryer	Model:	Christ LDC-1 m Alpha 2-4
	Unit and Room:	Org. Chemistry, 1st floor, R. 220F
	Responsible:	Prof. W. Bannwarth, A. Ahrens
Conditioning, Material preparation	Further information:
Short Description: Laboratory freeze dryer		Picture of the Equipment
Available Experiments/Techniques: Freeze dryer for routine applications in the laboratory. It allows the drying of samples containing water. Possibility of drying eight samples simultaneously.
Special Equipment: Allows drying of small amounts in Eppendorf reaction tubes.
Measurements on the equipment are currently done by:		Students after Introduction
Recent Publications, where this instrument was important (citation):		D. Altevogt, A. Hrenn, C. Kern, L. Clima, W. Bannwarth, I. Merfort; Org. Biomol. Chem. 2009, 7, 3934-3939 L. Clima, W. Bannwarth, Helv. Chim. Acta, 2008, 91, 165-175
Typical problems that may be solved with this instrument:		Alternative to concentration by freeze drying or rotary evaporation. Target applications are those requiring fast, gentle concentration of DNA, RNA, oligonucleotides and proteins, including small volume and temperature-sensitive samples

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