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The MRSEC Facilities Network is a nationwide partnership of NSF supported MRSEC centers designed to provide support to researchers in the broad area of Materials Research in academic, government and industrial laboratories around the world.
Polymer Characterization
Facility Director: Professor Craig Hawker (hawker@mrl.ucsb.edu)
Facility Manager: Dr. Krystyna R. Brzezinska (kbrzez@mrl.ucsb.edu)
Locations:
MRL room 1043 (CD, DLS, SLS, GPCs, Microwave R., Rheometers)
CNSI room 1403 (Wyatt GPC)
MRL room 1052 (DSC and DMA)

 

 

Instruments:

  1. Circular dichroism (CD)
  2. Differential Scanning Colorimetry (DSC)
  3. Light Scattering (DLS and SLS)
  4. Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer (DMA)
  5. GPC using DMF as a solvent
  6. GPC using THF as a solvent
  7. HPLC High Performance Liquid Chromatography
  8. Microwave Reactor
  9. Modulated Differential Scanning Calorimeter (MDSC) Q2000
  10. Preparative GPC
  11. Rheometer I (with water bath)
  12. Rheometer II (with oven)
  13. Wyatt GPC with MALS

  

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Recharge Rates:

The facility is operated on a recharge basis. You have to provide a valid recharge account prior to using the instruments.

 

Training:

Users of the MRL Synthesis and Characterization Laboratory are required to go through two levels of training before they are authorized to perform data collection independently. The training consists of: 

  1. General lab safety training, provided by the UCSB Environmental Health & Safety Department (EH&S).
  2. Instrument training, conducted by development engineer or an authorized user delegated by the development engineer.

 

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