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224 INSTRUMENTAL LABORATORIES AND TECHNOLOGICAL PILOT PLANTS
II.
DEPARTMENT OF RADIOISOTOPE INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS
Laboratory of Industrial Radiometry
Activity profile: Research and development of non-destructive methods and measuring instruments
utilizing physical phenomena connected with the interaction of radiation with matter: development
of new methods and industrial instruments for measurement of physical quantities and analysis of
chemical composition; development of measuring instruments for environmental protection (dust
monitors, radon meters); implementation of new methods of calibration and signal processing (multivariate
models, artificial neural networks); designing, construction and manufacturing of measuring
instruments and systems; testing of industrial and laboratory instruments.
• Multichannel analyser board with software for X and γ-ray spectrometry
Canberra
• Function generator
FG-513, American Reliace INC
III.
DEPARTMENT OF RADIOCHEMISTRY
1. Laboratory of Coordination and Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry
Activity profile: Preparation of novel complexes, potential radiopharmaceuticals, e.g. derivatives of
tricarbonyltechnetium(I) ( 99m Tc) with chelating ligands mono- and bifunctional. Studying of their hydrophilic-lipophilic
properties, structure and their interactions with peptides. Also rhenium(VI) complexes
with dendrimeric ligands are synthesised and studied. Novel platinum and palladium complexes
with organic ligands, analogs of cisplatin, are synthesised and studied as potential antitumor
agents. Solvent extraction separation of trivalent actinides from lanthanides is studied, directed towards
nuclear waste treatment. Studies in the field of isotope chemistry of middle and heavy elements
in order to find correlations between isotope separation factor and the structure of species which
exchange isotopes in chemical systems, as well as to select the methods suitable for isotope enrichment.
(For the research equipment, common for both Laboratories, see below.)
2. Laboratory of Heavy Elements
Activity profile: Synthesis and studies of the structure of heavy p-block elements in the solid state
and in solution. Elaboration of new methods for binding of 211 At, 47 Sc and 103m/105 Rh to biomolecules.
Elaboration of new medically important radionuclide generators, e.g. 82 Sr/ 82 Rh, 103 Ru/ 103m Rh, 44 Ti/ 44 Sc.
• Spectrometric set
ORTEC
Multichannel analyser, type 7150, semiconductor detector
Application: Measurements and identification of γ- and α-radioactive nuclides.
• Spectrometric set
TUKAN, IPJ (Świerk, Poland)
Multichannel analyser, type SILENA with a PC card type TUKAN
Application: Measurements and identification of γ-radioactive nuclides.
• Gas chromatograph
610, UNICAM (England)
Application: Analysis of the composition of mixtures of organic substances in the gas and liquid
state.
• High Performance Liquid Chromatography system
Gradient HPLC pump L-7100, Merck (Germany) with γ-radiation detector, INCT (Poland)
Application: Analytical and preparative separations of radionuclides and/or various chemical forms
of radionuclides.
• Capillary electrophoresis system
PrinCE Technologies with a UV-VIS detector (Bischoff Lambda 1010) and a radiometric detector
Activity Gauge type Tc-99m (INCT, Poland)
Application: Analytical separation of various radiochemical and chemical species, in particular
charged.
• UV-VIS spectrophotometer
DU 68, Beckman (Austria), modernized and computerized
Application: Recording of electronic spectra of metal complexes and organic compounds in solution.
Analytical determination of the concentration of these compounds.
• FT-IR spectrophotometer
EQUINOX 55, Bruker (Germany)
Application: Measurements of IR spectra of metal complexes and other species in the solid state
and in solution.