LABORATORY STRUCTURE
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY RESEARCH LABORATORY (LPQA)
Available area of approximately 100 m2. This laboratory is coordinated by professors Raildo Mota de Jesus and Ivon Pinheiro Lôbo, and has benches, an oven, a lipid extractor, an ultrapure water purification system, precision analytical scales, and precision glassware.
This Laboratory carries out research involving the development of analytical methods and applications aimed at inorganic and organic contaminants, specifically focused on the determination of potentially toxic elements in environmental, biological and food samples.
Equipment: Elmasonic ultrasonic bath (Elma Schmidbauer GmbH), Multiwave 5000 microwave (Anton-Paar), equipped with PTFE-TFM vials, AP-56 Vortex stirrer (Phoenix Instrument GmbH, Garbsen, Germany), freezers and hoods, with, among others, the following equipment for identification and quantification of environmental contaminants: i) A Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer with Inductively Coupled Plasma ICP-MS (ICP-QQQ from Agilent, Model 8900); ii) an Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometer (ICP OES) with axial configuration (model 710 ES Varian), which are used to determine the concentration of nutrient, toxic, or potentially toxic elements. ii) A sample digester, using a microwave radiation-assisted digestion platform model Multiwave 5000 (Anton-Paar), equipped with PTFE-TFM vials.
Team of Teachers: Raildo Mota de Jesus, Ivon Pinheiro Lôbo, Luana Novaes Santos and Herick Macêdo Santos.
LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR NANOSCIENCE AND (BIO)INTERFACES – LANMBI
Available area: 53.84 m2.
This laboratory is coordinated by professor Luiz Carlos Salay.
Where research is carried out regarding the study of interactions between nanomaterials and nanostructured systems (carbon nanotubes, graphene oxide, nanocellulose, zinc oxide nanoparticles, polymeric micelles, thin films, liposomes, among others) with biomolecules and bioactive compounds with potential applications in Nanotechnology, Nanobiotechnology and Nanomedicine.
Equipment: Spectrofluorimeter; Spectrophotometer; pH meter; Conductivity meter; 5-place analytical balance; Extruder; Thermal bath.
LABORATORY OF APPLIED INORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND NANOMATERIALS (LABQINANO)
Available area: 35 m2.
This laboratory is coordinated by Professor Rodrigo Luis Santos. Research Lines: Bioinorganics (synthesis and characterization of metal complexes, and reactivity with biomolecules); Chemical Kinetics and Mechanism of Inorganic Reactions; Chemistry of Nanostructured Materials (synthesis, characterization and applications); Validation of Analytical Methods, Experiment Planning and Process Optimization.
Team: Prof. Rodrigo Luis Santos and Prof. André Gustavo de Araújo Fernandes
APPLIED BIOCATALYSIS LABORATORY (LABIOCAP)
Available area: 56.24 m2.
This laboratory is coordinated by Professor Julieta Rangel de Oliveira.
Where research is carried out regarding: enzyme production and immobilization, biocatalytic reactions.
Equipment: rotary evaporator, analytical balances, ovens, orbital shaker, chemical hood, BOD.
Team: Professors Julieta and Jaci
BIOMATERIAL SYNTHESIS LABORATORY - LABIOMAT
Available area: 35 m2.
This laboratory is coordinated by Prof. Márcio Luis Oliveira Ferreira.
Where research is carried out regarding: Biochar synthesis using biomass residues.
Equipment: rotary evaporator, analytical balances, ovens, hot plates with stirring, muffle, mill, thermostatic bath.
PHOTONIC MATERIALS GROUP RESEARCH LABORATORY (LPGMF)
Available area: 25 m2.
This laboratory is coordinated by professor Jorge Fernando Silva de Menezes.
Where research is carried out on the production of molecular light-converting devices based on lanthanide ions. Equipment: UV-Vis apparatus, rotary evaporator, analytical balances, ovens, hot plates with stirring. Website: https://sites.google.com/view/gmf-cfp/in%C3%ADcio?pli=1
LABORATORY FOR RESEARCH IN NATURAL PRODUCTS AND ORGANIC SYNTHESIS (LPPNS)
Available area: 28 m2.
This laboratory is coordinated by Professor Dr. Rosilene Aparecida de Oliveira.
Where research is carried out regarding the phytochemical study of plant species occurring in the Atlantic Forest and the extraction of Essential Oils.
Equipment:
Our laboratory, the Natural Products and Organic Synthesis Research Laboratory (LPPNS), has the necessary equipment to perform essential oil extractions and phytochemical studies of the extracts, such as an analytical balance, fume hood, vacuum pump, ultrathermostatic bath, capillary melting point, drying oven, air circulation oven, ABBE type refractometer, Clevenger extractors, and basic glassware. We have the following chromatographs: CG-MS - Shimadzu CG 2010 plus - CGMS QP 2010 SE
Team: - Dr. Fernando Faustino de Oliveira
- IC students Deyse Nataly Velame Santos and João Vitor Padilha Filipus
- Master's students: Lucimara Magalhães de Matos
Tamara Soares Viana Pacheco
- Volunteer Student: Amanda Aparecida Pires de Araujo
QUANTUM CATALYSIS AND BIOINORGANIC SYSTEMS GROUP - QCATBIOS
Virtual laboratory. Laboratory coordinated by Professor Dr. Karla Furtado Andriani.
Computational Resources: 1. Approved Project at LNCC HPC SDumont (No. 245587 Computational Chemistry Applied to the Study of Catalysts for Greenhouse Gas Recycling) 2. Collaboration with Prof. Maria Del Pilar Sotomayor from UNESP Araquara - Unlimited Access to HPC GridUnesp. 3. Approved Project SEI for resources (No. 073.6786.2024.0009668-86 Investigation of Superatoms for Application in Catalysis - A Computational Approach Combining Quantum Chemistry and Data Science) Equipment - Licenses Acquired: FHI-aims (Fritz-Harber Institute - Ab initio materials simulations package).
Team: Prof. Karla Furtado Andriani Leonardo Silva dos Reis (IC).
Internal Collaborators: Prof. Marcelo Franco (UESC-PPGQuim) Prof. Julieta Rangel (UESC-PPGQuim) Prof. Vera Rosa Capelossi (UESC-PROCIMM) Prof. Brunela Pereira (UESC-PROCIMM).
External Collaborators: Prof. Juarez LF Da Silva (USP) Prof. Maria Del Pilar Sotomayor (UNESP) Prof. Giovanni Finoto Caramori (UFSC).
LABORATORY OF BIOTRANSFORMATION AND ORGANIC BIOCATALYSIS (LABIOCAT)
Available area of approximately 80 m2. This laboratory is coordinated by Professor Dr. Marcelo Franco and has benches, incubators, laminar flow chambers, incubators with temperature control and agitation, autoclave, water activity tester, scales, UV-vis spectrophotometers, water baths, thermostated baths, microscopes, centrifuges, vacuum pumps and other basic equipment for the development of research related to chemistry, food science, microbiology and biotechnology.
LaBioCat is a laboratory specialized in solid-state fermentation, nanotechnology, biodegradation, food production and biofuels. LaBioCat focuses on solving practical problems directly, promoting sustainability through the reuse of agro-industrial waste and, at the same time, generating high value-added products for the market, within the concepts of the Circular Economy.
Multi-user equipment: Shimadzu liquid chromatograph (fluorescence, UV-VIS and refractive index detectors); Shimadzu gas chromatograph (FID detector); Tecnal TEC-BIO-FLEX I Benchtop Bioreactor; Hydrothermal reactor (WT Industria); Milestone Ethos X microwave reactor (with 5 modules: organic or inorganic synthesis, essential oil extraction, reflux reactions, activated carbon synthesis and high-pressure reactions); ELISA microplate reader with 6 filters (Loccus).
Team of Professors: Fabiane Neves Silva (IFBaiano - Uruçuca Campus), Iasnaia Maria de Carvalho Tavares (UNEB - Ipiaú Campus), Julieta Rangel de Oliveira (UESC), Marcio Luis Oliveira Ferreira (UESC) and Nadabe dos Santos Reis (UFSB - Itabuna Campus).
LABORATORY OF APPLIED ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (LQAA)
Located in the Max de Menezes Pavilion, room 02, with 60 m2, the LQAA encompasses research in the area of Analytical Chemistry, including the development of analytical methods applied to samples of food, environmental and energy interest.
Large equipment: Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (FAAS) VARIAN model AA240 FS, Atomic Fluorescence Spectrometer with a Hydride Generator System (HG-AFS) Aurora, Microwave Induced Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometer (MP OES) AGILENT, are installed and operating in the laboratory.
Small equipment: orbital shaker for flasks, analytical balance, water bath heaters, sample digestion block, vacuum pump, drying and sterilization ovens, desktop microcomputers, notebooks, laser printers, water purification system with distiller and reverse osmosis deionizer, microwave oven, mini sample processor, 240 L vertical freezer, refrigerators, portable digital dissolved oxygen meter, turbidimeter, multi-parameter meter for water analysis in the field, portable pH meter, benchtop pH meter, Themo Scientific molecular absorption spectrophotometer model aquamat plus.
The team includes researchers Dr. Fábio Alan Carqueija Amorim, Dr. Erik Galvão Paranhos da Silva, Dr. Daniel de Castro Lima, Dr. Luana Novaes Santos, as well as several scholarship students, at high school/technical education (IC-EM), undergraduate (IC and TCC) and postgraduate (master's and doctorate) levels.
BIOLOGICAL AND SEMIOCHEMICAL CONTROL LABORATORY (LACOBSE)
Area: 80 m2
Coordinator: Professor Carla Fernanda Fávaro
Equipment: BOD and room with controlled temperature and humidity conditions for insect rearing, refrigerators for storing extracts, solvents and reagents, benches, 200 L oven for cleaning glassware, magnifying glasses and microscope, sinks. It also has an exhaust hood, vacuum pumps and specialized glassware that are necessary for volatile collection, micro-scale extraction and bioassays.
CHEMISTRY RESEARCH LABORATORY
Available area of 56 m2.
Equipment: Ovens, pH meters, potentiostats, computers, automatic pipettes, scales, muffle furnaces, heaters with magnetic stirring, glassware, etc.
In this laboratory, research is carried out mainly in the area of electroanalytics, aiming at the development of sensors and biosensors and the electrochemical study of compounds of varied interest, both biological and environmental, as well as the electrochemical characterization of coordination compounds.
Team: Prof. Dr. Luiz Carlos Salay.
ADVANCED MATERIALS RESEARCH AND INNOVATION LABORATORY
Available area of approximately 50 m2.
Coordinator: Paulo Neilson Marques dos Anjos.
In this laboratory, research is carried out with advanced luminescent materials, aiming to study new organic, inorganic and hybrid materials for application in electronics.
Equipment: Ultraviolet-Visible Spectrophotometer, Shimadzu, model UV-2450, with interface system for IBM PC/AT or IBM PS/2 type computers; Shimadzu spectrofluorimeter, model RF-5301PC; Fourier transform infrared spectrophotometer, Shimadzu, model IR PRESTIGE-21; DSC-60 thermal analysis module and DTG-60H thermogravimetry module with capacity for simultaneous differential and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA-DTA) with "TOP PLAN" type balance with parallel differential guide;
Film development equipment includes a high-vacuum evaporation system for thin film preparation, mod. PV300 from PrestVacuo; a spin-coating deposition system, CHEMAT, from Sigma-Aldrich.