Polymer Facilities

  • 400MHz Solid state NMR; Imaging NMR; Rheological NMR
  • Rheology: strain-controlled shear; RME extensional rheometer; rheo/SALS system; theory of rheology
  • Mechanical testing – fracture, creep, modulus; impact testing; Gas-barrier
  • Dielectric spectrometry
  • Differential scanning calorimetry
  • Dynamic mechanical testing (DMTA)
  • Pulsed picosecond laser (fluorescence anisotropy decay)
  • Dynamic and static light scattering; Multi-angle static light scattering/in-line viscometry
  • SAXS and WAXS laboratory x-ray scattering
  • Optical microscopy; image analysis; Raman spectroscopy and microscopy

We also have a wide range of Laboratories; please browse them using the menu on the left.