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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) |
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MRL room 1052 (DSC and DMA) |
Instruments:
- Circular dichroism (CD)
- Differential Scanning Colorimetry (DSC)
- Light Scattering (DLS and SLS)
- Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer (DMA)
- GPC using DMF as a solvent
- GPC using THF as a solvent
- Microwave Reactor
- Modulated Differential Scanning Calorimeter (MDSC) Q2000
- Preparative GPC
- Rheometer I (with water bath)
- Rheometer II (with oven)
- Wyatt GPC with MALS
- Scheduling for Instruments:
- Policy
- Login
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
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General lab safety training, provided by the
UCSB
Environmental Health & Safety Department (EH&S).
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Instrument training, conducted by development engineer
or an authorized user delegated by the development engineer.