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 […]

The XCL accepts samples for structural analysis from colleges and universities, as well as from industry. The XCL specializes in samples that suffer from twinning, small size or solvent loss. Please contact us for questions concerning the submission procedure (download sample submission form).
Annually, we teach an X-ray crystallography class which covers theory and prepares […]

Tissue Mechanics Laboratory
The mission of the Tissue Mechanics Laboratory is to provide specialized instruments and methods to characterize the mechanical properties of soft biological materials, provide quantitative loads to living tissues, foster research in these areas, and provide a resource for the University community and industrial partners.
Instrumentation:

MicroBionix/Tytron low force uniaxial test machine (MTS, Inc.)
Planar […]

NMR Lab
The NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) lab is a facility of the chemistry department; its principal job is to provide access to NMR equipment and techniques for departmental research. It is also available to outside departments within the university, and to a limited degree to external organizations. Some service work is performed, […]

The Polymer Characterization Facility is maintained by the CEMS Polymer Group, but is available to researchers campus wide, and also to industrial clients (IPRIME Industrial Partners get a significant discount). Assistance or collaboration is available for testing, training, and interpretation of results. For more information, contact David Giles at (612) 625-0880 or giles@cems.umn.edu . The […]

Nano Fabrication Center
The Nanofabrication Center (NFC) is an interdisciplinary facility that supports faculty and industrial research within the Institute of Technology at the University of Minnesota, to support education, research and industrial collaboration in microelectronics and other related research involving nanofabrication.
Intrumentation:
The Nano Fabrication Center main […]

The Characterization Facility (”CharFac”) is a multi-user, shared instrumentation facility for materials research spanning from nanotechnology to biology and medicine. Our analytical capabilities include microscopy via electron beams, force probes and visible light; elemental and chemical imaging including depth profiling; elemental, chemical and mass spectroscopy; atomic and molecular structure analysis via X-ray, ion or […]