Shared Facilities

A University of Minnesota External Sales Organization providing custom synthesized polymers to industrial and academic institutions
Polymer synthesis continues to be a major theme in the Polymer Group at the University of Minnesota. Model homopolymers and copolymers with an array of molecular architectures are routinely produced using a wide variety of synthetic methodologies. The Polymer Synthesis […]

A Brookhaven Instruments quasi-elastic light scattering apparatus is available for materials characterization at Stanford.

A Woollam spectroscopic ellipsometer is available at UC Davis for characterization of films and surfaces. This instrument is available for use by regular users.

The Integrated Microscopy Facility provides a variety of electron and optical microscopes for imaging small features and for microanalysis of the elemental composition of materials. The facility is operated by three expert managers who have many years of combined experience in advanced microscopy.
Instruments in this facility include:
Leica 440 SEM: 4.5 nm resolution at 30KV. […]

FUNCTION:
This laboratory is oriented toward the polymer community, providing the researchers with space and specialized instrumentation for the physical characterization of polymeric materials. Determination of molecular weight, mechanical properties, and thermal behavior of polymer solids are routinely performed in this lab.
EQUIPMENT:
1. The chromatic Low-Angle Laser Light Scattering photometer and modified Brice-Phoenix refractive index increment apparatus […]

Material specimens of dimensions in the range of 1nm to 5μm are essential for successful studies on structure, property, and functions of many materials and biological systems. The Hudson Mesoscale Processing Facility provides instrumentation and technical services to enable and promote scientific research in materials at small dimensions. The facility serves a broad cross-section of […]

Equipment for evaluating all the important characteristics of polymeric materials is available at the Polymer Characterization Facility.
The laboratory is used extensively by the polymer research community, particularly members of CCMR’s Interdisciplinary Research Groups and Seed projects, by the Polymers Community at Cornell and industrial members of Cornell’s Polymer Outreach Program (POP). The facility participates in […]

Offering a number of distinct advantages for materials research, this facility houses a small angle X-Ray scattering system (SAXS), a general area diffraction detection system, 2 powder diffractometers, a back-reflection Laue system, and a high-resolution diffractometer. For most samples, very little sample preparation is needed. All types of materials, including polymers, clays, metals, and ceramics […]

The ABI PRISM® 310 Genetic Analyzer is an automated single-capillary genetic analyzer designed for a wide range of sequencing and fragment analysis applications.

A Nikon Eclipse TE 2000-U fluorescence is available for thin film characterization.