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POLYMER PROCESSING & CHARACTERIZATION CENTERS FOR CHARACTERIZATION (1)     Department of Chemistry (ESEM, FTIR, UV/Vis, 1H NMR, 13C NMR) (2)     Department of Materials Science (DSC, TGA, FTIR, UV/Vis, INSTRON mechanical properties) (3)     MSB center (TEM) (4)     ERC center (XRD, TEM, SEM, ESEM, AFM, SIMS, USAXS, USANS) (5)     Vontz Building (AFM, TEM, Microtome, light microscopy) (6)     Department of Geology (XRD) (7)     Dr. Boerio’s  Lab (XPS, Plasma, injector, Raman,  IR, Optical microscopy,  Scratch tester, AFM, Ellipsometer, Contact angles, liquid tensiometer) (8)     ERC Clean room (Ellipsometer, AFM) (9)     Department of Electric Engineering (Raman, MDSC) SIMULATIONS POLYMER CHARACTERIZATIONS & ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES Ø Molecular weight High performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC) Low-angle laser-light-scattering Ø Spectroscopy NMR (Basic introduction)(more) FTIR and Group analysis UV-Visible Raman spectroscopy Ø Morphology Scanning Electronic Microscopy (SEM) Environmental Scanning Electronic Microscopy (ESEM) Transition Electronic Microscopy (TEM) High resolution TEM Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) Dynamic light scattering (DLS) X-Ray Diffraction pattern (XRD) Ultra Small X-Ray Scattering (USAXS) (Training program in ANL) Ultra Small Neutron Scatter (USANS) X-ray Photoelectric Spectroscopy (XPS) Surface area of particles measurement (BET) Ø Thermal Properties Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC) Modulated DSC (MDSC) Thermogravimetry analysis (TGA) Ø Mechanical properties Dynamic Mechanical Thermal Analysis (DMTA) Mechanical properties (Young’s moduli, Tensile strength, Elongation at break, Yielding strength, Toughness, Hardness) Damping Rolling resistance Wet resistance Ø Functional properties Gas permeability Liquid permeability Fluorescence Surface tension (static & dynamic contact angle) POLYMER PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY Plasma Extrusion Foam Injection SOFTWARES Solidworks Unigraphics Silicon AutoCAD ANSYS

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