Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
Polymer Processing

Research Equipment (2)

General/Sample Prep/Characterizations

  • Research machine shop and glass shop
  • Sample preparation labs with fume hoods
  • Grinding and polishing equipment (Buehler)
  • Computer-monitored dry argon atmosphere glovebox
  • Cleanroom Class 100 with a chemical hood (CCP, 2000)
  • Nanopure water supply unit (Nanopure, 1998)
  • Two spin coaters (Headway Corp., 1994, 2004)
  • Langmuir-Blodgett trough for monolayers deposition (KSV, 2004)
  • Carver Model 3912 Hydraulic Press
  • Ultrasonic Welding System (Branson 2000 Series, 2200 W, 20 kHz, for dispersion of carbon nanotubes in prepolymer, 2005)
  • Gel Permeation Chromatography system (Waters Breeze)
  • Rheometer (Rheometrics ARES)
  • Cone and plate viscometer (Brookfield)
  • Labronco rotary evaporator
  • Mettler microbalance
  • Drop tower instrumented impact machine (Dynatup)

Microscopy/Diffraction Facilities

  • JEOL JSM-606LV Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)
  • Aspex Personal SEM
  • JEOL 1200EX Scanning/Transmission Electron Microscope (STEM with elemental analysis and image analysis systems)
  • Scintag XGEN-400 X-Ray Diffractometer (XRD)
  • X-Ray Diffractometer, Miniflex (Rigaku, 2004)
  • Auger Electron Spectroscopy, X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
  • Zeiss Axioplan II compound microscope equipped with AxioCam HRC digital imaging system, stereo and dissecting microscopes
  • Zeiss optical stereo microscope, fluorescence, and inverted microscopes
  • Scanning confocal microscopes (Leica TCS NT and Prairie Technologies allowing 3D reconstruction of confocal images generated with confocal microscope)