Capabilities

ROAR is a central facility with all the hardware, software, and expertise needed to support data-rich experimentation in synthetic chemistry.

Our capabilities

High-throughput robotic reactor platforms

A suite of three Freeslate Junior platforms (UnChained Labs) for a wide range of automated laboratory operations:

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  Robotic reaction platforms to enable high-throughput parallel experimentation
• Possibility of reactions in plates, vials and bottles up to 125 mL
• Automated dispensing of solids and liquids
• Automated sampling during reactions
• High temperature and pressure capabilities
• Heated filtration for solubility and recrystallisation studies

Learn more about our high-throughput robotic reactor capabilities here.

Online, in situ, data-rich kinetic experimentation platforms

A suite of equipment for reaction progress and kinetic analysis.

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  Across scales from 2 mL to 1 L
• Calorimetry
• In situ infra-red spectroscopy
• UV-vis spectroscopy
• Automated sampling
• Collects temperature, pH and other PAT data

 Learn more about our reaction kinetics platforms here.

Continuous flow reactors

A suite of flow reactors for investigative research and scale up.

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  Homogeneous, multiphase and capsule-based systems
• High temperature and pressure
• In-line IR and UV-Vis spectroscopy
• Medium-throughput automation with autosampler and fraction collector
• Temperature controlled photoreactors

 Learn more about our continuous flow reaction platforms.

Advanced analytical suite

A suite of analytical instrumentation dedicated for rapid orthogonal analysis of reactions.

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  Walk-up 1260 Infinity II uPLC-MS with pre-configured methods across four columns and a selection of buffers
• 1260 Infinity II is also capable of running in supercritical fluid chromotography (SFC) for rapid chiral analysis
• 1290 Infinity II uPLC-QTOF with rapid sampling capability for analysis of high-throughput experiments
• Further analytical capabilities available within the Department of Chemistry Measurement Suite

 Discover more here.

Sample preparation

Plate-based sample preparation equipment is available to support high-throughput reaction analysis.

• Plate-based centrifuge
• 96-well plate evaporator