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Quantachrome Instruments Signs Collaborative
Agreement with South American Institutes
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uantachrome Instruments of
Boynton Beach, Florida, the
University of San Luis and
CONICET, both in Argentina, have
signed a tri-lateral agreement to formalize
collaboration and cooperation between
all parties to further the development of
porous materials synthesis and characterization
both within Argentina and
throughout Latin America.
An agreement for scientific and technical
collaboration between Quantachrome
Instruments, the National
Institute of Applied Physics (INFAP, University
of San Luis, Argentina) and the
National Council for Scientific and Technical
Research (CONICET, Buenos Aires,
Argentina) was signed by Dr. Marta
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Rovira, president of CONICET, Dr. José
Luis Riccardo, president and Technical
Representative of the University of San
Luis, and Quantachrome’s President, Mr.
Scott Lowell.
Dr. Karim Sapag (Technical Representative
of INFAP and CONICET) and Dr.
Matthias Thommes (Technical Representative,
Quantachrome) were also present
at the signing, which took place at Quantachrome
Instruments’ headquarters earlier
this summer as the “Sixth
International Workshop Characterization
of Porous Materials From Angstroms to
Millimeters” was being held at nearby
Delray Beach, Florida.
The tri-lateral agreement’s main objective
is to regulate the level of assistance
and cooperation between the involved
parties to benefit the development
and continued support of joint
projects in the fields of synthesis and
characterization of porous solids, and
their use in applications such as adsorption,
separation and storage of gases,
water and industrial effluent filtration,
catalysis, etc. These are all areas of interest
for all the involved groups.
Quantachrome Instruments, INFAP
(the research center depending on both
UNSL and CONICET) and UNSL will
now move forward with a cross-collaboration
effort, consisting of research and
assistance efforts plus support for investigation
centers and industry in Argentina
and other South American countries,
which would benefit the institutions.
This will have the added advantage of
helping the growth of the INFAP’s laboratory
facilities and personnel, which will
in turn help bring more opportunities to
strengthen research efforts and relationships
with other institutions, academic
and research groups, as well as industry
worldwide by offering technical assistance
where needed.
The organizations’ joint efforts will
also be used to plan and organize workshops,
symposiums, and conferences in
the field of characterization of porous
solids and their applications. Also, they
will be able to collaborate with the development
of new theoretical models, as
well as software models, to be used along
with the Quantachrome line of instruments
in order to expand the activities
carried out in research centers across Argentina
as well as their sphere of influence.
Quantachrome will provide
technical support, instrument operational
training, and data interpretation
support for INFAP’s personnel. Once
training has been completed, both Quantachrome’s
experts and INFAP personnel
will provide technical and after-sales
support to instrument users in Argentina
and other Latin American countries.
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