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, DLS, SLS, GPCs, Microwave R., Rheometers)
  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. Microwave Reactor
  8. Modulated Differential Scanning Calorimeter (MDSC) Q2000
  9. Preparative GPC
  10. Rheometer I (with water bath)
  11. Rheometer II (with oven)
  12. Wyatt GPC with MALS
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.