Shared Facilities

A TA Instruments Q100 differential scanning calorimeter is available for thermal analysis of materials.

An FTA 2000 contact angle analyzer is available for surface characterization.

A Perkin Elmer Spectrum 2000 is available for characterization of thin films, liquids, and powders. A grazing incidence accessory and an horizontal ATR accessory are available for use with this instrument.

An Accurion EP-3 imaging ellipsometer is available for characterization of thin films. A Langmuir-Blodgett trough accessor is also available for characterization of films formed at the water-air interface. A flow cell accessory can be used with this instument as well.

A Gaertner L116C Ellipsometer is available for characterization of thin films.

TA Instruments AR2000ex Rheometer. The design of this instrument includes a uniques an ultra-low inertia drag cup motor and porous carbon air bearings for outstanding controlled stress, direct strain and controlled rate performance. The AR2000ex features an original quick-interchanging and self-configuring environmental system. The high resolution optical encoder, high stiffness low inertia […]