Designed in conjunction with engineers and scientists at the University of Leeds, ElectroReact is built to enable truly flexible use and achieve repeatable and accurate results safely.
With limited options previously available that offer complete flexibility, chemists often resorted to "homemade" electrochemistry systems that can be potentially hazardous to use and make reproducing results — even in the same laboratory using the same apparatus — challenging.
These systems cost researchers time and money to develop and can be tricky to use with huge scope for human error.
The user-friendly and simple to set up ElectroReact platform changes everything.
Chemists can easily manipulate their set-up by changing electrodes, use additional electrodes such as a reference, connecting to a gas or Schlenk line, add and withdraw materials, and have precise control of parameters such as heating and stirring via a magnetic hotplate stirrer.
Additionally, ElectroReact works with any standard power supply or potentiostat and uses commonly available fittings and accessories for optimum user flexibility.
Dr Charlotte Willans, the Synthetic Inorganic Chemist who initially launched the project at the University of Leeds, explained her frustration at the lack of options previously available: “Without a uniform means to do our electrochemical reactions, the results could be unreliable and difficult to reproduce."
"We needed an electrochemistry platform that was flexible enough to use with a wide range of electrodes and suitable for additions and withdrawals, and which could be used with the high-power potentiostat required for electroanalytical chemistry.”
Asynt’s Head of Research and Development, Martyn Fordham, worked closely with university engineer, Prof. Nikil Kapur and Dr Willans as he saw the potential to make electrochemistry an accessible area of development for researchers.
“We knew that the existing solutions weren’t meeting chemists needs and were determined to come up with a better way of working."
"ElectroReact is simple to use but performs brilliantly. It allows parallel electrochemical reactions in 20 mL vials, heated up to 100 °C without the need for expensive accessories and works with common tools you’re likely to have in your lab already.”
Asynt offers a range of starter and complete ElectroReact kits suitable for both experienced and novice users, as well as a wide selection of spares and accessories.
