About

Central Laboratory was established to meet ICES's R&D needs in analytical support. Since ICES was established in 2002, we have acquired a comprehensive range of advance characterization equipment, and built up a team of expertise in the field of material and compound characterisation. To make this available to the chemical industry, ICES has set up the Advanced Chemical Characterisation Facility which caters to their specialised needs.

The objective of this facility is to provide custom-designed analytical test services to solve the problems of industrial customers. Our well-trained and experienced staffs are able to offer experimental design, in-situ kinetic monitoring, consultancy services and process validation. Through this facility, customers can also tap on our pool of experts for the interpretation of the data collected. This allows customers to gain thorough understanding of their results. With this combination of state of the art equipment and in-house expertise, we are your ideal partner when comes to characterisation, product development and process diagnosis.

Technical Capabilities

Accurate mass analysis of compounds using high resolution mass spectrometry, electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry, time of flight mass spectrometer

Surface absorption characterisation and dynamic behavior

Surface contamination analysis using state of the art equipment

Advanced polyolefin characterisation of absolute molecular weight by Gel Permeation Chromatograph (High Temp), co-monomer composition determination and short chain branching distribution analysis

In-situ & kinetic reaction monitoring

Consultancy service to determine process contamination, off specification, material, product failure and quality non-compliance

Analytical method development for special product monitoring

Special equipment training customised and tailored for individuals or corporations that incorporates 1^st principles, data interpretation, structure elucidation, quantitative analysis, method establishment and hands-on use of equipment

List of Equipments

Chromatography

• CHNSO Elemental Analyser
• Capillary Electrophoresis
• Gas Chromatography with FID/TCD/FPD/Atomic Emission Detector
• Liquid Chromatography with DAD/RI/ESLD Detector
• Supercritical Fluid Chromatography
• Inverse Gas Chromatography

Mass Spectrometry

• Gas Chromatograph - Mass Selective Detector
• Double Focusing High Resolution Mass Spectrometer
• Accurate Mass Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry coupled with Liquid Chromatography
• Liquid Chromatography with MSMS

Spectrometer

• NMR Spectroscopy
  • 400 MHz NMR (liquid State)
  • 400 MHz NMR (Solid State)
  • 600 MHz NMR with Cryo-probe

Microscopy & Surface Analysis

• Atomic Force Microscopy
• Programmable Hot Stage Microscopy
• Fourier Transform Infrared Microscope & Focal Plane Array Imaging
• Scanning Electron Microscopy coupled with Energy Dispersive X-Ray Detector
• Transmission Electron Microscope coupled with Energy Dispersive X-Ray Detector

Polymer Analysis

• Gel Permeation Chromatograph
• High Temp Gel Permeation Chromatograph with UV/l R/Viscosity Detector
• Temperature Rising Elution Fractionation
• Piston Injection Molding System and Tensile Tester

Raman Spectroscopy

• LabRam Raman Microscope
• Renishaw Raman

Surface Sorption

• Dynamic Vapor Sorption
• Microspore Analyser
• Surface Area & Pore Size Analyser (BET)

Thermal Analysis

• Differential Scanning Calorimeter
• Micro Differential Scanning Calorimeter
• Thermogravimetric tandem Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer /Mass Spectrometer
• Thermogravimetric Analyser
• TAM III

Wet Chemistry

• Ion Chromatography
• Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometer
• Total Organic Carbon Analyser

X-Ray Spectroscopy

• Single Crystal X-Ray Diffraction
• Small Angle Powder X-Ray Diffraction
• Wide Angle Powder XRD & Reactor Chamber
• X-Ray Fluorescence

General

• UV-VIS Spectroscopy
• Raman Circular Dichroism
• Fluorescence Circular Dichroism
• Infrared Ellipsometry
• Dielectric Measurement of Liquid
• Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrophotometer
• Particle Size Analyser
• Zeta Nanosizer
• Rheometer
• Tensiometer
• Spinning Drop Video Tensiometer 
• Faraday's Cage
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For service enquiry, please contact:

Institute of Chemical & Engineering Sciences
Industry Development
1 Pesek Road, Jurong Island, Singapore 627833
Email : advchar@ices. a-star.edu.sg
Tel: 6796 7306 Fax: 6873 4805