Central Instrumentation Facility (CIF)

The Innovation Centre, Galgotias University, has set up a full-fledged Central Instrumentation Facility (CIF) to support multi- disciplinary research areas like material sciences, bio sensors, organic photovoltaic and other emerging frontier fields. For excellence in teaching and research in school of studies at Galgotias University, Greater Noida state-of-the-art sophisticated equipment’s, and various support facilities have been created. These equipment’s and facilities help the faculty, research scholars and students to carry out globally competitive R & D in basic and applied science. Since individual researcher may not be able to generate huge research funds for the research instruments, a year’s back Central Instrument Facility (CIF) was started in Galgotias University with a mission to enrich the resources on a shared basis for promoting R & D with the following objectives.

To strengthen technical infrastructure to carry out advanced research in various science disciplines under one roof and make their services available to academic schools and departments.
To organize short-term courses/workshops on the use and application of various spectroscopic and analytical technique for students, teachers and technical personnel from our university, affiliated institutions, Universities and Industry in the region.
To develop new measurement / analytical techniques: Efforts are being made by the CIF to develop new techniques / methods of analysis to put the instruments to their full use and offer them to the scientists for exploring new dimensions in research in various areas of science and technology.
To allow outside users to utilize CIF equipment on a nominal payment basis.

Infrastructural Facilities

The structure of CIF facility includes the approximately area 2410 square feet of different specified working area, like sophisticated and general instrument area.

Fig. 1 Central Instrumentation Facility plan details.

Details of Instruments Housed in the Facility

List of instruments available in central facility room.

Instrument	Description
Fourier Transform Infra Red (FTIR)	It is used for chemical analysis and enables for quality control, quantifications and verification of raw materials. The sample, may it be solid, liquid or gas.
High Pressure Liquid Chromatograph y (HPLC) with Manual Injector	It helps to analyze the advance traditional small molecule drugs: Medicinal chemistry, bioanalysis or small and large molecules, drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics (DMPK),methods development, impurities analysis, natural products, quality control (QC), process analysis, and manufacturing
UV-Visible Spectrophotometer with UV-Probe 2.4.3	Spectrophotometer is a device that is used to measure the intensity of light as a function of the color of light. In clinical laboratories, spectrophotometers are used for many applications such as quantitative analyses, kinetics, spectrum scanning and multiple components DNA/protein testing.
High Speed Homogenizer	This laboratory instrument may be used for the homogenization of various types of material, such as drug mixtures or solutions or tissue, plant, food, soil, and many others.
Deep freezer (- 80 0C)	This deep freezer is used to preserve and store medical products, blood samples, medicines and injections, food products, etc. for a long period of time.
High Speed Cooling Centrifuge (2-8 0C)	This is a type of refrigerated centrifuge that is capable of high speeds of up to 60,000g. As such, they can produce significant force that is used for the purposes of collecting drug formulations parts, cellular debris, micro-organisms as well as larger cell organelles and proteins.
Ultra Sonicator with Temperature Control	Sonication is the mechanism used in ultrasonic cleaning loosening particles adhering to surfaces. In addition to laboratory science applications sonicating baths have applications including cleaning objects such as spectacles and jewelry etc.
Vortex Mixer	The vortex mixer is a vital piece of equipment used to mix small samples of liquids in various research settings rapidly. Vortex mixers are frequently utilized for cell disruption or homogenization. The device can operate at a speed of 250 – 2,500 rpm and weighs around 6 lbs.
Automatic pH- Meter	A pH meter is an instrument used to measure acidity or alkalinity of a solution.
Conductivity Meter	An electrical conductivity meter (EC meter) measures the electrical conductivity in a solution. It has multiple applications in research and engineering, with common usage in hydroponics, aquaculture, aquaponics, and freshwater systems to monitor the amount of nutrients, salts or impurities in the water.
Auto Colorimeter	A laboratory colorimeter, also referred to as a digital colorimeter, is an instrument used to measure the absorbance of wavelengths of light at a particular frequency (color) by a sample. In pharmaceutical field the use of bench top spectrophotometers for color measurement in a variety of applications. One use is to ensure that the color is consistent in the dosage.
Potentiometer	Potentiometry is one of the methods of electroanalytical chemistry. It is usually employed to find the concentration of ab solute in solution. In potentiometric measurements, the potential between two electrodes is measured using a high impedance voltmeter.
Photo-Fluoro Meter	Digital Photo Fluorometer is designed for precise analysis of fluorophors such as vitamins, quinine, steroids, fluorescein, metal complexes, etc. The Fluorescence is caused by the absorption of radiant energy and the re-emission of some of its energy in the form of light.
Flame Photometer	A photoelectric flame photometer is a device used in inorganic chemical analysis to determine the concentration of certain metal ions, among them sodium, potassium, lithium, and calcium.
Laboratory Refrigerator (Air cooled)	This refrigerator is one of the most important equipment. Its function is to maintain, in a controlled environment (refrigerated space), various fluids and substances, so that they are kept in good condition the lower the temperature, the lower chemical and biological activity.
Rotatory Film Evaporator	The Rotary Film Evaporator is an instrument for an active and mild extraction of solvents by evaporation in chemical, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, herbal extraction and fragrances, and laboratories. It is essentially a distillation unit incorporating a rotating evaporation flask.