Polymer Processing
Haake Polylab with R600 batch mixing and 25 mm single-screw extruder accessories
Werner & Pfleiderer ZSK-30 intermeshing, corotating twin-screw extruder
Nissei 20-ton injecting molding instrument
Milling and compression molding facilities
Polymer Rheology
Reologica ViscoTech - dynamic mechanical analysis
Alpha Technologies Advanced Polymer Analyser APA 2000 - high viscosity dynamic mechanical analysis
Bohlin Instruments RH2000 capillary rheometer
Tinius Olsen melt flow indexer
Physical Polymer Analysis
Instron 3369 Universal Tester
TA-Instruments TGA Q500 thermogravimetric analyzer
TA-Instruments DSC Q100 modulated differential scanning calorimeter
BLI pendulum impact tester
Dynisco falling weight impact tester
Spectroscopy/Spectometry
Cary 100 UV-Vis specrophotometer
PTI spectrofluorimeter with dual detectors and high-temperature capability
Bruker nuclear magnetic resonance spectometers (600, 500, 400 MHz; Chemistry)
Molecular Weight
High resolution mass spectrometry with MALDI-ionization (Chemistry)
Waters 2695 gel permeation chromatography unit with refractive index, Wyatt-Dawn EOS 18 light scattering and fluorescence detectors
Particle Size
Malvern Mastersizer Hydro 2000S light scattering instrument
Matec Applied Science CHDF 2000 capillary hydrodynamic fractionation apparatus
Surface Analysis / Imaging
Olympus SZ-PT microscope with CCD camera and Linkam CSS450 shearing hot stage
Kruss K12 surface tensiometer
Micromeritics Flowsorb 2300 surface area analyzer
Atomic force microscopy (Chemistry)
Transmission electron microscopy (Metallurgy)
Scanning electron microscopy (Metallurgy)
Powder X-ray diffraction (Geology)
Small angle X-ray diffraction (Physics)