Some of the Team’s Lab Equipment:
TA Discovery Hybrid Rheometer
Measures shear and extensional viscosities of polymer melt, providing useful data for polymer thermal processing.
TA Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC)
Measures melting/crystallization/glass transitions of polymers, providing useful data of polymer blend crystallinity and compatibility.
TA Thermogravimetric Analyzers (TGA)
Measures onset and peak degradation temperatures of materials, providing information of polymer thermal stability.
Dynamic Vapor Sorption (DVS)
Measures water vapor permeability of plastic films/sheets by
wet-cup and dry-cup methods.
Instron Universal Testing Machine
Measures tensile strength/elongation, flexibility, creep and stress-relaxation properties of materials.
Twin-Screw Extruder
Fabricates polymer blends/composites through extrusion.
Compression Molding Press
Thermoforms plastics through compression molding.
3D Printers
Prints thermoplastics for design and mechanical testing and modelling.
60MHz Bencthop NMR- Spinsolve 60 Carbon
Measures polar and non polar liquid samples with 1D and 2D NMR capabilities for quantitative and chemometric analysis.