Facility & Instrumentation
Polymer Characterization Facility
The Center of Excellence in Polymer Chemistry hosts state-of-the art instrumentation for the analysis of macromolecular structures. The core facility supports research on polymer materials in engineering, chemistry, pharmacy, and medicine.
Training opportunities are available at the undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral levels.
Instrumentation
The facility includes the following instrumentation:
TOSOH EcoSEC GPC, Model HLC-8320
Mobile phases: THF, DMF, and Chloroform (3 instruments in total)
- Gel Permeation Chromatography
- Macromolecule and polymer molecular weight analysis
- Macromolecule and polymer dispersity analysis
- Higher accuracy of molecular weight characterization with MALS (Wyatt) detector connected to THF GPC
TOSOH EcoSEC High Temperature
- High-Temperature Gel Permeation Chromatography
- High performance high-resistant polymer analysis
- Polypropylene and high-density polyethylene characterization
Waters TA Discovery DMA 850
- Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer
- Viscoelastic measurements on materials from 1000 Pa to 1000 Gpa
- Mechanical property measurements over a wide temperature range
- Measurements and analysis of the widest range of sample stiffness
Waters TA Discovery TGA 5500
- Thermo Gravometric Analysis
- Change in mass material analysis as function of time and temperature
Waters TA DSC 2500
- Differential Scanning Calorimetry
- Thermal property material analysis
- Thermodynamic property analysis of biomolecules and nano-sized materials
- Change of physical material property analysis along with temperature against time - measurement of heat-induced macromolecular transitions
Waters Discovery HR 20
- Discovery Hybrid Rheometer
- Viscosity material analysis of liquids and soft-solid structures
- Material analysis under replication of demanding environmental conditions
- Shear rheology, tension, compression, and bending analysis
Bruker EMXnano Benchtop EPR Spectrometer
- Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy
- Unpaired electron material analysis
- Metal complex and organic radical analysis