Central Facilities
MRL Polymer Characterization Facility

Facility Director: Professor Craig Hawker (hawker@mrl.ucsb.edu)
Facility Manager: Dr. Krystyna R. Brzezinska (kbrzez@mrl.ucsb.edu)
Locations:
MRL room 1043: (CD, GPCs, Light Scattering,
and Microwave Reactor)

MRL room 1050: (Rheometers, GC)

MRL room 1052: (MDSC Q2000, Wyatt DynaPro
NanoStar and Optilab rEX)

Instruments:

  1. Circular dichroism (CD)
  2. Light Scattering (DLS and SLS)
  3. DynaPro NanoStar
  4. Gas Chromatograph (GC)
  5. GPC 1
  6. GPC 2
  7. Microwave Reactor 1 - Biotage
  8. Microwave Reactor 2 - CEM Discover S
  9. Modulated Differential Scanning Calorimeter (MDSC) Q2000
  10. Optilab rEX
  11. Preparative GPC
  12. Rheometer I (with water bath)
  13. Rheometer II (with oven)
Scheduling for Instruments:
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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.
    Click here for more information about training.