Facilities
Processing/Synthesis Equipment
- 25 ml View Cell Assemblies
- 100 ml Parr FTIR/Raman Insitu Reactor
- 500 ml Parr Reactor
- Autoclave Engineering Berty Reactor
- Autoclave Engineering Reactors
- Supercritical Water Reactor (Batch)
- Supercritical Water Reactor (Continuous)
- Fume Hoods
- Biosafety Fume Hood
- American Isostatic Presses
- Glove Box
- Mbraun Solvent Purification System
- Supercritical Particle Formation-RESS/GAS
- Supercritical Fluid Extraction
- Supercritical Phase Equilibria
- High pressure Homogenizer (Avestin)
- Spin coater (Laurell)
Characterization Equipment
- GPC-Triple Detection (Viscotek)
- GPC High Temperature (Polymer Labs)
- HPLC (Shimadzu)
- Particle Size Analyzer (Malvern Nanosizer)
- GC/MS (Shimadzu)
- LC-MS (ThermoElectron Orbitrap)
- UV/VIS-NIR with Integrating Sphere
- FTIR-NIR with Integrating Sphere
- Photoluminescence
- Raman Spectroscopy with Microscope
- Atomic Force Microscope (AFM-Veeco)
- TMA for AFM (for measuring thermal transmissions in polymers)
- High Temp DTA/TGA Rheometer (TA Instruments) (up to 1500 °C)
- Differential Scanning Calorimetry (-90 to 600°C)
Testing Equipment
- Polymer Mixer Extruder (Twin Screw) Thermo-Electron
- Injection Molder–Thermo Electron
- Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (TA Instruments)
- Polymer Rheometer (TA Instruments)
- Instron
- Ultrasonic Tester for Nanocomposites
- Chemisorption Analyzer
- Mercury Porosimeter
- Pycnometer
- Fuel Cell Simulator
- Solar Simulator (Newport Scientific)
Other Facilities at UWO
We have access to state of the art surface characterization and electronic microscopy facilities at Surface Science Western and Western Nanofabrication Facility.
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