Facilities List

Macromolecular Science and Engineering Department

Case Western Reserve University

Thermal / Mechanical Characterization DMA/DMTAs DSCs Extensiometer Impact testers Instrons Rheometers TGAs Processing Equipment Electrospinning Extruders / mixers Injection moulders Presses Reaction injection moulders Vacuum metal evaporators Optical Spectroscopy Differential refractometer IR spectrometers Light scattering (photon correlation spectrometers) NMR Photoluminescent spectrometers UV/Vis spectrometers X-ray (WAXS, SAXS)	Simulations Computer laboratory Electronic / Magnetic Characterization Magnetometer Potentiostat (ion conductivity / CV) Source-measure units Microscopy AFM Nearfield Optical light microscopes Optical light microscopes SEM TEM
Thermal / Mechanical Characterization Dynamic Mechanical Analyzers Rheometrics RMS-800.......................................................................................... H. Ishida Mechanical Spectrometer...................................................................................... H. Ishida Differential Scanning Calorimeters (DSC) Perkin-Elmer XXX................................................................................................ S. Rowan TA Instruments Q100 DSC.................................................................................. P. Mather Perkin Elmer DSC 7............................................................................................. A..Hiltner Extensiometer Extensometer.......................................................................................................... E. Baer Impact testers Ball impact tester.................................................................................................. H. Ishida Shalpy impact tester.............................................................................................. H. Ishida Instrons Instron models 1122, 1123, and 8501w/ ...... Environmental chamber..................................................................................... E. Baer High speed Instron testing machine, 35,000 in/min................................................... H. Ishida Rheometers Rheometrics RFS 8500 Fluids Spectrometer ...... Couette and cone and plate capability, 10°C - 80°C...................................... A. Jamieson Anton Paar MCR501 ...... controlled strain and controlled stress modes ...... oscillatory and steady ...... shear and elongational deformation geometries............................................... P. Mather TGAs TA Instruments Q500 TGA.................................................................................. P. Mather
Processing Extruders / mixers Brabender plasticorder.......................................................................................... H. Ishida Sigma blade mixer................................................................................................. H. Ishida Banberry mixer..................................................................................................... H. Ishida 1-in. extruder........................................................................................................ H. Ishida Extruder-mixer...................................................................................................... H. Ishida DACA micro twin-screw extruder (1-5 g).............................................................. C. Weder Injection / compression molders 30t Carver compression molding machine............................................................... H. Ishida Presses Carver hot press................................................................................................... C. Weder Reaction injection moulders Low pressure RIM................................................................................................ H. Ishida Computerized micro RIM...................................................................................... H. Ishida High pressure nano RIM....................................................................................... H. Ishida Other Pultrusion machine, Pultrusion Technologies Pulstar................................................ H. Ishida Filament winding machine...................................................................................... H. Ishida Spray-up gun........................................................................................................ H. Ishida Electrospinning apparatus..................................................................................... P. Mather vacuum metal evaporators (Denton, Biorad)........................................................... C. Weder spin-coater............................................................................................................ C. Weder
Optical Spectroscopy Differential refractometer Differential refractometer.................................................................................. A. Jamieson IR spectrometers Bomem DA-3 FTIR w/FT-Raman capability.......................................................... H. Ishida Bomem Michelson-110 FTIR w/ nitrogen cooled MCT detector............................... H. Ishida Digilab FTS-14 FTIR............................................................................................ J. Koenig Digilab FTS-20E/D polymer analysis system........................................................... J. Koenig Digilab FTS-60 FTIR w/ ...... Diffuse reflectance attachment ...... Vacuum chamber for DRIFT attachment ...... Internal reflection attachment ...... Attenuated total reflection accessory ...... Cylindrical internal reflection accessory ...... Variable angle specular reflectance attachment ...... Variable angle external reflectance attachment ...... Polarized grazing angle accessory ...... Cryogenic cell ...... Digilab infrared microscope ...... Motorized two-axis rotational stage ...... Stepper-motor controlled rotating polarizer accessory ...... Three wire grid polarizers.............................................................................. J. Koenig ...... Light scattering (photon correlation spectrometers) Brookhaven Instruments digital PCS.................................................................. A. Jamieson Malvern Corp. digital PCS................................................................................. A. Jamieson NMR Nicolet ND 150 magic-angle nmr for solids............................................................ J. Koenig Varian 300 Mhz NMR spectrometer...................................................................... S. Rowan Varian 600 Mhz NMR spectrometer...................................................................... S. Rowan Photoluminescent spectrometers SPEX Fluorolog 3 steady state spectrometer........................................................... C. Weder PTI fluorescence spectrometer w/ ...... steady-state and lifetime capability.................................................................. C. Weder UV/Vis spectrometers UV-Vis Spectrometer........................................................................................... S. Rowan X-ray (WAXS, SAXS) Rigaku/MSC D/Max-Ultima Wide Angle Theta/Theta X-ray Diffraction System ...... Multiple attachments.................................................................................. J. Blackwell Rigaku/MSC R-AXIS II Small angle scattering ...... Rotating Anode Generator and Area Detector............................................. J. Blackwell Rigaku Rotating 12 KW Anode Generator w/ ...... Siemens (Brucker) Hi-Star Area Detector ...... Incident Beam Monochromator.................................................................. J. Blackwell 4 Circle Single Crystal System ...... Picker Goniometer ...... Modern Data Collection System ...... Built by Molecular Data Corporation........................................................... J. Blackwell X-ray Generators for Standard X-ray Diffraction Studies.................................... J. Blackwell Other Beckman DB-6 grating spectrophotometer......................................................... A. Jamieson Spectrophotometer IBM Valueprint 486SX............................................................. H. Ishida Optical-intensity meter........................................................................................... C. Weder
Simulation Computer laboratory Expandable computer cluster : ...... Currently 10 Dell Optiplex Pentium 4 ...... operating under Linux ...... Macromodel 8.5 with Minta and Maestro 6.5..................................... E. Dormindontova
Electronic / Magnetic Characterization Magnetometer Vibrating sample magnetometer............................................................................. H. Ishida Potentiostat (ion conductivity / CV) potentiostat system (Princeton Applied Research)................................................... C. Weder Source-measure units Keithley electrometer and current source.................................................................. E. Baer source-measure units (Keithley)............................................................................. C. Weder
Microscopy AFM Nearfield Optical light microscopes Optical light microscopes Olympus BX-51 polarizing microscope w/ ...... Instec HCS402-STC2-A heating/cooling stage ...... Linkam CSS-450 shear cell ...... high resolution MITO CCD........................................................................... P. Mather Polarized optical microscopes w/ ...... hotstage ...... conventional 35 mm camera ...... high-resolution CCD camera........................................................................... C. Weder SEM TEM